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Historical Event on 1/8/1987

P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
3/30/1994G-15 summit in New Delhi decides to set up a trade panel.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
6/29/1999An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives.
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.
8/15/1772Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.
12/8/1999The Opposition attacks Prime Minister Vajpayee for ""withholding'' information on ministers' resignation.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).