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Historical Event on 8/1/1970

Bhopal University was established.

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6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
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1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
5/24/1813Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born.
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8/2/1858British 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'.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
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8/29/1923Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder who played Test for India in 1952-53, was born in Nagpur.
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