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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1967 | Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar. |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 5/29/1968 | Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
| 7/5/1992 | Centre scraps octroi in Union Territories. |
| 2/7/1983 | Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta . |
| 5/17/1865 | Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born. |
| 6/2/1975 | India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada. |
| 4/14/1979 | Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras. |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
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