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Historical Event on 8/1/1952

Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.

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3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
7/24/1991Union budget imposes all-round price hike.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
7/30/1920Rikhye Maj-Gen Indar Jit, Educationist and Former Army Officer, was born at Lahore.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.