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Historical Event on 8/1/1993

Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
5/22/1996Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
6/6/1962General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.