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Historical Event on 8/1/1899

Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
10/9/1993C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away.
1/1/1664Shivaji assumes royal title.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
9/30/1990Former Dy PM Devilal submits his letter of resignation.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.