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Historical Event on 8/1/1920
Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy surrendering ""Kaisar-E-Hind"" Medal, ""Zulu War"" Medal and ""Boer War"" Medal and launched the All India Non-Violent Non-Coperation Movement.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 2/21/1991 | The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law. |
| 11/1/1996 | Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha. |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 11/25/1866 | Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow. |
| 11/25/1866 | Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire. |
| 9/10/1920 | Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 4/26/1992 | Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her. |
| 8/20/1991 | Indian Oil Executive Director K. Doraiswamy released after 52 days of being in the custody of Kashmir ultras. |
| 3/16/1910 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab. |
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