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Historical Event on 8/2/1858
British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 6/20/1995 | B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1). |
| 3/24/1990 | Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. |
| 10/15/1686 | Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 1/12/1992 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67. |
| 11/7/1858 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful revolutionary and journalist, was born in a place called Silhat (now in Bangladesh). He was amoung the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started as newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democra |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 1/27/1888 | Jinvijayji Muni, famous Shwetambar Jain Yati, was born. |
| 4/12/1991 | Lok Sabha elections announced for May 20, 23, 26; Punjab Assam, J&K polls deferred. |
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