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Historical Event on 8/1/1994

The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/2000Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
6/18/1946Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
4/30/1909R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
5/28/1930Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing.
8/15/1997Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.