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Historical Event on 8/1/1990
Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London. |
| 11/2/1967 | Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students. |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 8/12/1602 | Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir. |
| 5/22/1917 | Suniti Chaudhary, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Kumilla. She was one of the accused in the famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President. |
| 1/28/1894 | Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda. |
| 9/19/1990 | Planning Commission announces 8th Five-Year Plan proposals with a total outlay of Rs. 610,000 crore. |
| 3/5/1995 | India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel. |
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