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Historical Event on 8/1/1931

Bhairabh Ganguly, cricket test umpire for 5 tests from 1981-85, was born at Bengal.

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8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
3/25/1994Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
6/20/1996Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT.
10/24/1994The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld.
12/5/1959K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away.
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4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.