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Historical Event on 8/2/1858

British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
4/25/2000West Bengal police nab Belal alias Lalu Mian, the suspected mastermind behind the hijacking of IC-814 IA flight to Kandahar last December, from a hideout in North 24 Parganas district.
4/26/1991Syed Shahabuddin filed nominations for two seats as a candidate of two different parties within 24 hours.
3/1/1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
5/13/1967Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.