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Historical Event on 8/7/1982
Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.

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11/16/1990	Chandrasekhar Government wins confidence motion of 280 for 214 against and 11 abstained (17 members were absent).
4/23/1955	Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
12/29/1977	World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
3/1/1924	Naresh Mehta was born.
9/27/1972	Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
12/1/1991	Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.

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