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Historical Event on 8/1/1993
Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
| 9/22/1991 | Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years. |
| 1/31/1896 | Dattatray Ramchandra Bendre, Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award winner and Kannad poet, was born. |
| 2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
| 9/24/1997 | I. K. Gujral, Prime Minister, formally stated India's claim to permanent membership of Security Council at the U.N. General Assembly meeting. |
| 11/22/1989 | General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states. |
| 11/21/1992 | 27 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
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