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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 |
| 12/28/1921 | Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta. |
| 8/5/1991 | Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court. |
| 10/27/1920 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala. |
| 3/28/1956 | Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras. |
| 1/16/1948 | Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims. |
| 10/14/1997 | Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex. |
| 1/7/1885 | Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born. |
| 10/17/1997 | Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab. |
| 3/16/1910 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab. |
| 9/19/2000 | Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal. |
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