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Historical Event on 8/1/1899

Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
9/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
10/26/1932Indian Muslim leader demands that Gandhi be released from prison. The Viceroy responded that this was only possible if Gandhi disassociated himself from the civil disobedience campaign.
1/17/1922T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.