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Historical Event on 8/1/1920

Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy surrendering ""Kaisar-E-Hind"" Medal, ""Zulu War"" Medal and ""Boer War"" Medal and launched the All India Non-Violent Non-Coperation Movement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
3/3/1997Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
7/7/1917Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.
3/9/1914Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.