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Historical Event on 8/1/1994

The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
12/28/1930Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay.
2/25/1993BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
2/15/1920Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.