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Historical Event on 8/2/1980
Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/1/1909 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay. |
3/17/1999 | GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai. |
3/22/1793 | Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year. |
3/22/1793 | Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals. |
3/18/1915 | British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people. |
12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
1/29/1996 | S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
2/19/1949 | Mass arrests of communists in India. |
2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
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