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Historical Event on 8/1/1994
Surendra Singh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1996.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1994 | Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 8/15/1925 | Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born . |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 9/18/1909 | Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born. |
| 10/18/1879 | Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India. |
| 8/26/1914 | Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
| 4/1/1973 | India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction. |
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