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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Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.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
8/1/1939Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
11/16/1993Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
7/29/1876Indian Science Congress Association was established in Bowbazar Street of Calcutta.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
10/12/1860Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.