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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 |
| 7/8/1930 | The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. |
| 3/14/1967 | Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda. |
| 3/14/1967 | Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 2/2/1978 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away. |
| 12/10/1878 | Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 9/5/1979 | Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma. |
| 7/26/1874 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 10/1/1904 | Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar "A.K.Gopalan" was born in Cannanore district, north Kerala. He was a freedom fighter and leader of communist movement in Keral |
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