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Historical Event on 8/2/1980

Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
10/31/1989Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation till 11/01/90.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
8/15/1772Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
11/16/1883Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi.
8/12/1998Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.