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Historical Event on 8/1/1882
Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1958 | Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody. |
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| 5/22/1989 | IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
| 9/29/1998 | ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg). |
| 8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 2/20/1868 | Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali. |
| 8/23/2000 | India, Japan unveil new global partnership and agree to start a formal security dialogue. Sanctions status quo on CTBT. |
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