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Historical Event on 8/1/1993

Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
11/2/1972B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
2/21/1878Mother-Pondicherry, greatest world teacher, was born in Paris.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
6/24/1928Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born.