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Historical Event on 8/1/1952
Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1953 | Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 7/5/1916 | Indian Women's University was established at Hingne near Poona by Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve with just four students. After 1920, it was renamed as Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Indian Women's University. |
| 6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 7/13/1988 | Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit. |
| 9/12/1998 | Bihar flood toll mounts to 320. |
| 4/17/1975 | Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras. |
| 6/13/2000 | Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir. |
| 6/22/1959 | Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
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