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Historical Event on 8/1/1989
Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 8/15/1947 | Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta. |
| 7/12/1864 | Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 7/18/1980 | Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit. |
| 11/9/1972 | Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born. |
| 11/9/1972 | Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin. |
| 7/5/1992 | Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories. |
| 1/3/1912 | Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
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