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Historical Event on 8/2/1959
Little Theatre was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/27/1987 | P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA). |
| 8/10/1860 | Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra. |
| 6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
| 7/31/1991 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 2/16/1932 | Sibnath Banerjee, trade union movement leader, passed away. He founded several organisation like Congress Socialist Party, A.I.T.U.C. and Hind Mazdoor Sabha, etc. |
| 2/16/1931 | Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time. |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 4/30/1908 | Khudiram Bose along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to throw a bomb at a carriage supposed to be carrying the tyrannical magistrate Kingsford. Unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death. |
| 7/2/1950 | Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died. |
| 9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
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