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Historical Event on 1/8/1884

Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society.

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8/18/1800Fort William College was established at Calcutta.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
7/19/1952India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.
7/13/1929Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
11/6/1946Gandhiji leaves for Noakhali; issues statement on ""Partial Fast"". Noakhali tour beg
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.