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Historical Event on 8/1/1920
Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1906 | Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born. |
| 7/12/1993 | West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died. |
| 9/2/1996 | Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva. |
| 10/2/1979 | Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched. |
| 9/20/1886 | Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar. |
| 8/23/1986 | B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 12/4/1959 | Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation. |
| 10/1/1993 | Two more Election Commissioners appointed. |
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