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Historical Event on 8/1/1846

Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
7/28/1972India and Pakistan sign Simla Pact, settling border dispute in Kashmir.
5/20/1965Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit.
11/18/1839P Barron discovered Nainital and he was the British sugar merchant of Shahjahanpur.