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Historical Event on 8/1/1931

Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
8/7/1990Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
1/20/1957Allau'd-din Hasan Gangu alias Jafar Khan. The Muslim kingdom of Bahmani dynasty in the south as Sultan Allau'd-din Khalji. He renamed Gulbarga, his capital as 'Hasanabad'.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.