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Historical Event on 8/1/1993

Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.
2/7/1995Cong-I Disciplinary Action Committee expels Arjun Singh from the primary membership for 6 years for anti-party activities.
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.