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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 |
| 10/30/1999 | The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 5/2/1921 | Satyajeet Ray, world famous film director and a very short story writer, was born in a family of artistS. In 1989, he was awarded highest honour of France ''Legion d Honeur''. |
| 12/31/1995 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998. |
| 6/5/1989 | Missile `Trishul' tested successfully. |
| 6/5/1989 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 1/17/1999 | Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 10/26/1999 | India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). |
| 7/4/1900 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born. |
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