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Historical Event on 8/2/1763
British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/2000 | The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place. |
| 7/27/1998 | 7 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 9/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
| 12/15/1997 | Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University. |
| 3/4/1996 | India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 12/12/1971 | All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament. |
| 12/12/1971 | Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away. |
| 8/15/1998 | Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends. |
| 10/31/1875 | Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers. |
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