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Historical Event on 8/1/1939
Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/8/1965 | British Indian Ocean Territory formed. |
| 11/12/1880 | Senapati Bapat (Pandurang Mahadev), armed freedom fighter, was born in Parnar (Maharashtra). |
| 12/1/1921 | Des Raj Kalia, great librarian, was born at Fazilka, Punjab. |
| 8/20/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists. |
| 6/14/1958 | Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 12/27/1911 | Jana Gana Mana.... ,' India ' s National Anthem, was first sung at the Indian National Congress session held at Calcutta. |
| 2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
| 1/29/1939 | Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
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