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Historical Event on 8/2/1877

Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
9/25/1899Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.
9/9/1923First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
11/23/1919Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
9/11/1950Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.