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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
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
12/17/1959Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
12/27/1898Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
7/1/1958Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.