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Historical Event on 8/2/1885
Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.
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| 7/6/1955 | Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade. |
| 2/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
| 7/31/1985 | Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 4/12/1799 | The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine. |
| 11/23/1991 | Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule. |
| 9/17/1924 | Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind. |
| 1/14/1998 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916). |
| 2/23/1980 | Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship. |
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