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Historical Event on 8/1/1879

Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.
2/9/1757In a treaty between Lord Clive and Siraj Ud Daulah, Clive was authorised to safe guard (Killa Bandi) and open mint at Calcutta. Nawab had paid compensation to British Army.
5/24/1993India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts.
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.
8/6/1932Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.