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Historical Event on 8/1/1882
Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/11/1980 | The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.' |
| 11/11/1980 | Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398. |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 5/8/1992 | Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
| 4/17/1977 | Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party. |
| 1/23/1976 | Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation. |
| 6/1/1955 | India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force. |
| 6/10/1997 | Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
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