Today Importance - 1st August
1-Aug-1672
East India Company and English law first applied in India. It was established by court order.
1-Aug-1846
Hindu philanthropist Dwarkanath Tagore died in London.
1-Aug-1879
Birth of famous writer and journalist Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar.
1-Aug-1882
The great leader and editor Purushottamdas Tandon was born in Allahabad (UP).
1-Aug-1899
Kamala Nehru was born as the wife of the great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
1-Aug-1905
Horse-drawn trams stop in Bombay. The service began on 9 May 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. On the first day of its operation, the number of passengers was 451 and the revenue was Rs. 85/ - on the last day it had 1360 ponies and conveyed 71,947 travelers and acquired Rs.4,260/ -.
1-Aug-1916
Mrs. Annie Besant started the Home Rule League movement with the help of Bal Gangadhar Tilak with Dadabhai Naoroji as its president.
1-Aug-1920
Bipin Chandra Pal opposed the Non-Cooperation Movement and retired from politics, but the movement was approved by the Congress.
1-Aug-1920
Non-cooperation movement started under the leadership of Gandhiji against Lord Chelmsford. His strategy of non-cooperation and non-violence against the Christian British rulers of India was to 'stand for truth'. Later, she took a pledge to wear only 'dhoti' to maintain domestic cotton and simplicity, which later led to the Trinomial movement. It started with the abandonment of honorific titles such as 'Sir' given by the British. After this, gatherings, elections and other government activities were boycotted. Foreign clothes were burnt and khadi became a symbol of freedom. Despite the shootings and arrests, the movement achieved great success. By the end of 1921, all important national leaders except Gandhiji were in jail along with 3000 others. However, in February 1922, violence broke out in Chowrichawra in Uttar Pradesh and Gandhi withdrew the movement. He was jailed and the movement ended.
1-Aug-1920
British-Indian Hindu leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak dies in Bombay.
1-Aug-1920
A monthly magazine called Kirloskar is published.
1-Aug-1920
Gandhi wrote a letter to the Viceroy awarding the "Kaiser-e-Hind" Medal, the "Zulu War" Medal and the "Boer War" Medal and launched the All-India Non-Violent Movement.
1-Aug-1922
Educationist and writer Ratilal Shankalchand Nayak was born in Kadi, Gujarat.
1-Aug-1927
Birth of famous Hindi writer Dr. Rahi Masum Raja.
1-Aug-1931
Bhairav Ganguly, who was a cricket Test umpire for 5 Tests from 1981-85, was brought into the world in Bengal.
1-Aug-1932
Film actress Meena Kumari is born.
1-Aug-1939
Prohibition was enforced in Bombay for the first time since the repeal of the American Act.
1-Aug-1947
Partition of India into India and Pakistan. transferred capacity. Lord Mountbatten became the Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah became the Governor General of Pakistan.
1-Aug-1952
Inauguration of Nationalized Airways by Nehru at Safdarjung, New Delhi.
1-Aug-1952
Yajurvinder Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman in four Tests 1977–79), born in Rajkot.
1-Aug-1953
All private airlines were nationalized by setting up All Airlines India International.
1-Aug-1953
The Bombay Government decided to abolish "jagir" in the amalgamated area.
1-Aug-1955
Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in 16 Tests 1982–89), born in Moradabad, UP.
1-Aug-1957
MK Velodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this post till 04-06-1958.
1-Aug-1957
Inauguration of National Book Trust.
1-Aug-1958
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership was presented to Acharya Bhave.
1-Aug-1962
Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
1-Aug-1963
Soviets arm India to stop China.
1-Aug-1964
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. Air Officer Commanding of India Command. He held this office till 15/07/1969.
1-Aug-1966
The Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the auspices of the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the needs of the erstwhile Punjab's hilly regions.
1-Aug-1970
Bhopal University was established.
1-Aug-1970
Former Beatle George Harrison leads an all-star ensemble of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight to benefit Bangladeshi refugees. More than 40,000 people attended the concert, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The show opened with a set of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then progressed to songs by Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the most joyous reception of the evening was reserved for Bob Dylan's unexpected appearance.
1-Aug-1986
Announcement of amnesty scheme for tax evaders.
1-Aug-1988
Air Boss Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC became Air Official Ordering, India Order. He held this office till 31/July/1991.
1-Aug-1989
Bombay Dyeing chairman Nusli Wadia arrested by Reliance on charges of conspiracy to murderExecutive Kirti Brajlal Ambani.
1-Aug-1990
Devi Lal, d. The Prime Minister was dropped from the Union Cabinet after he made unspeakable allegations against colleagues in an interview given to 'Illustrated Weekly'.
1-Aug-1992
Prime Minister Narasimha Rao dedicated the Vizag Steel Plant to the country.
1-Aug-1992
S. Rajagopal was appointed Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this post till 31-07-1993.
1-Aug-1993
Air Boss Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC turned into the Air Official Telling of India Order. He was in this office till 31 December 1995.
1-Aug-1993
Nilkantan's disciple Dr. K.N. Raju took charge as the fourth director of NAL.
1-Aug-1993
Great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist leader Deveshwar Sharma passed away in Jorhat, Assam.
1-Aug-1994
Surendra Singh was appointed Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this post till 31-07-1996.
1-Aug-1994
Railway Passenger Insurance Scheme has been implemented.
1-Aug-1995
Vohra submitted the panel report, revealing links between mafia and politicians
1-Aug-1996
Madhu Dandawate has been made the Vice President. Chairman, Planning Commission.
1-Aug-1996
T.S. And. Subramaniam was selected as the Bureau Secretary of India. He held this post till 31-03-1998.
1-Aug-1997
Viswanathan Anand won the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament at Biel.
1-Aug-1997
Lt Gen Ved Prakash Malik will be the next army chief. General Shankar Roy Chowdhury is retiring on September 30.
1-Aug-1997
Nitin Mongia won the Laser Standard at the Sailing Championship in Hyderabad.
1-Aug-1998
The DMK condemned the BJP-led coalition government's decision to set up a multi-disciplinary monitoring body and rejected the Action Taken report on the Jain Commission's final report on Shri M Karunanidhi.
1-Aug-2000
Lt Gen Padmanabhan will be the new Army Chief in place of General VP Malik.
1-Aug-2000
A hundred people died in the Sutlej river flash floods in Kinnar, Shimla and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh.
1-Aug-2000
The Lok Sabha has passed the Uttar Pradesh State Rearrangement Bill, preparing for Uttar Pradesh to turn into the 27th state.
1-Aug-2000
27 passengers were killed after terrorists attacked a langar at the Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave temple.
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