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Historical Event on 8/1/1916

Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1927Dashrathi (Dashrathi Krishnamacharya), famous Telgu poet, was born.
3/18/1944Subhash Chandra Bose formed Azad Hind Fauz and took control of Kohima-Imphal.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
11/8/1966Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down
8/13/1953Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc.
10/2/1999Home Minister L. K. Advani said that the BJP was ready to provide letters of support.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
3/3/1983Seventh Non-Aligned Summit started at New Delhi.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.