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Historical Event on 8/2/1935
The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1997 | Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K. |
| 1/1/1974 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"". |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 8/1/1953 | All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International. |
| 5/13/1994 | Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament. |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 2/14/2000 | Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore. |
| 8/17/1986 | In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"". |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
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