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Historical Event on 8/2/1891

Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1932Indian Muslims break with Great Britain.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
3/1/1960National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
2/20/1950Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
7/1/1962Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away.