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Historical Event on 8/2/1919
Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/16/1997 | V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 10/20/1981 | 21-month-old Left United Front Ministry led by E. K. Nayanar resigns in Kerala. |
| 2/12/1990 | Assembly election in Manipur. |
| 12/16/1999 | India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF. |
| 8/6/1925 | Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 11/17/1932 | The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 11/12/1946 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85. |
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