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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
10/1/1990Constitution's 75th amendment bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months fails through the first stage in Lok Sabha for want of a simple majority.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
2/2/1977Jagjivan Ram, Cabinet member of 30 years, resigns to protest emergency rule causing minor split in Congress party.
12/11/19676.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed.
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
9/1/1930Suhasini Ganguly, freedom fighter, was arrested and send to Hijali Jail for her revolutionery activities. She later lived a low profiled life after release from prision.
8/17/1911Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.
12/14/1895George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.