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Historical Event on 8/1/1996
Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1926 | Ram Sewak Yadav, social reformer, politician and leader, was born in Tala Village, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 2/27/1987 | UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding. |
| 4/30/1991 | BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government. |
| 7/6/1998 | Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja. |
| 3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
| 3/12/1988 | After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. |
| 9/19/1960 | Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
| 8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
| 7/3/1975 | Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away. |
| 5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
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