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Historical Event on 8/2/1858
British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1645	Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
1/25/1950	The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
7/6/1917	Bhandarkar Prachyavidya Sanshodhak Mandir' was established.
3/1/1996	Supreme Court frees CBI from the control of PM Rao and directs that CBI would take no instruction or permission from or report to any authority personally interested in or likely to be affected by the investigation into the hawala case.
5/26/1999	IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
2/13/1922	The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
1/30/1991	Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
8/11/1997	Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
5/20/1976	Oil production started from Bombay High.
10/21/1954	Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.

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Historical Event on 8/2/1858 British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.

Historical Event on 8/2/1858
British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.