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Historical Event on 8/7/1982
Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
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| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 8/29/1612 | Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
| 3/29/1954 | Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated. |
| 1/3/1985 | Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings. |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 1/12/1996 | Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill. |
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