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Historical Event on 8/1/1957

National Book Trust inaugurated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
4/28/1701John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India.
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
9/8/1993Mandal Commission recommendation of 27\% job reservation for the backward classes brought into effect; 'Creamy' layer excluded.
6/12/1970Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.