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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
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
4/1/1944Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
6/6/1961Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
2/16/1986The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
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