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Historical Event on 8/1/1994
The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/12/1996 | Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao. |
| 7/29/1999 | Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 1/4/1906 | Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 10/3/1831 | Britishers captured Mysore. |
| 7/19/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
| 9/27/1833 | Raja Rammohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician passed away at Stapleton Grove in England. |
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