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Historical Event on 8/1/1920

Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
9/4/1862Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
2/6/1959Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.
7/6/199339 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .
8/25/2000Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses 
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.