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Historical Event on 8/2/1885

Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.
12/20/2000Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces the Government's decision to extend J&K ceasefire till January 26, 2001.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
3/28/2000Delhi police arrest Shoaib Ilyasi, producer of the crime serial ''India's Most Wanted'' for the death of his wife Anju on January 10.
1/14/1998The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
12/5/1950Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
1/1/1949A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.