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Historical Event on 8/2/1919
Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 11/27/1920 | Kanhaiyalal Bhagwandas Harjal, educationist, was born at Mohpa, Maharashtra. |
| 2/13/1977 | Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away. |
| 1/18/1977 | Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period. |
| 6/23/1992 | Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 10/5/1993 | Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel. |
| 5/25/1894 | Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away. |
| 10/27/1998 | L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86. |
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