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Historical Event on 8/1/1939
Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1859 | Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away. |
| 6/16/1859 | Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 1/17/1905 | Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988. |
| 6/19/2000 | Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry. |
| 2/15/2000 | K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema. |
| 10/1/1993 | The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations. |
| 6/7/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R. |
| 8/14/1996 | Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died. |
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