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Historical Event on 8/1/1879

Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1994The IAF return from peace keeping duties as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations in Somalia.
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
2/28/1919Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
1/24/19953,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
12/13/1999The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border.