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Historical Event on 8/1/1996

Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
10/29/1992Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem.
3/3/1996Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
3/1/2000Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.