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Historical Event on 8/1/1996

Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
10/30/1949Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).
1/31/1961Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
8/22/1877Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great painter, philosopher, linguist, critic, art researcher in the East, was born at Colombo in Sri Lanka.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
10/6/1862Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.