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Historical Event on 8/1/1882
Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1945 | Kal Yug' era passed away. |
| 9/7/1999 | Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 12/14/1936 | Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away. |
| 2/17/1986 | Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 12/28/1971 | Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar. |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
| 12/6/1857 | Raja Nahar Singh arrested by the Showers to kept him first in Motia Mahal and then at Metcalfe House, Delhi. |
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