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Historical Event on 8/1/1879
Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 1/20/1994 | Chinese film 'Farewell, My Concubine' and Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 'Vidheyan' adjudged best Foreign and Indian films in the 25th International Film Festival at Calcutta. |
| 3/11/1784 | Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty. |
| 12/17/1990 | N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
| 4/25/1998 | India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka. |
| 7/21/1936 | Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born. |
| 6/5/1927 | Sarjit Singh Bal, educationist, was born in Renala Khurd, Punjab. |
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