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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
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
2/23/1993Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
2/1/1942No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
7/19/2000The Centre has no locus standi in Thackeray case, says the Prime Minister and rejects the resignations of Shiv Sena nominees in the Union Cabinet-- Manohar Joshi, Suresh Prabhu and Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).