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Historical Event on 8/1/1955

Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1827Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
3/18/1922Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
12/4/1990Maharashtra Gomantak Party withdraws support to Goa ministry led by Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa.
10/30/1991Norberto Carvalho, vetern freedom fighter of Goa freedom fight, passed away.
8/29/1923Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.