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Historical Event on 8/2/1861
Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/2/1861 | Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals. |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 2/10/1859 | General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny. |
| 3/21/1979 | Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 4/17/1996 | Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
| 5/31/1891 | Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala. |
| 8/19/1976 | Nagarjun Sagar University established in Andhra Pradesh. |
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