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Historical Event on 8/1/1986
Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 10/3/1978 | Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta. |
| 9/5/1918 | Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died. |
| 9/15/1997 | Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control. |
| 8/19/1993 | Utpal Dutt, famous actor, writer, director and producer, died. He was 64. |
| 6/26/1975 | Chaudhary Charan Singh, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of UP, arrested by British Government. |
| 11/29/1947 | The Nizam of Hyderabad said that he would not consider acceding to either dominion, but would agree to a 'standstill arrangement' with India. The agreement is accepted by the Indian government. |
| 12/25/1991 | Ajit Singh expelled from the JD. |
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