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Historical Event on 8/2/1880

Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/2000The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
7/10/1924Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
4/2/1994Saint Chokhoba passed away.
8/14/1987Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
11/22/1916Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
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