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Historical Event on 8/1/1916

Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1996Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair.
11/12/1885Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born.
6/27/1917Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
10/30/1933Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
9/29/1994Cable Television Regulation Ordinance issued.
9/29/1994Mughals capture Ahmednagar.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.