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Historical Event on 8/1/1920
Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1847 | Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 11/5/1892 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford. |
| 12/30/1964 | 500 people seized by Chinese spies. |
| 1/12/1996 | Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 3/26/1999 | Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
| 4/4/1996 | Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 11/10/1994 | Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye |
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