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Historical Event on 8/2/1994

Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
10/23/1999Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
4/2/1980Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party.
7/24/1932Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities.
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
3/18/1974Buddhadev Basu, modern Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and critic, passed away.
7/11/1998The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.