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Historical Event on 8/1/1879
Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 10/31/1984 | Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.' |
| 5/31/1995 | Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs. |
| 3/9/1999 | Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time. |
| 4/20/2000 | A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V. |
| 10/12/1967 | National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India. |
| 5/12/1984 | Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras. |
| 10/27/1926 | Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
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