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Historical Event on 8/2/1858
British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1977 | Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances. |
| 2/21/1672 | A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 3/31/1994 | Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India. |
| 3/15/1908 | Police shoot four people in rioting. |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
| 4/1/1944 | Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 12/3/1991 | Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan. |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
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