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Historical Event on 8/1/1996
T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
| 4/4/1987 | Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away. |
| 2/9/1992 | Pakistan bans JKLF march. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 1/12/1990 | Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years. |
| 2/9/1946 | Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 8/11/1893 | First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra. |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 12/14/1936 | Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away. |
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