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Historical Event on 8/1/1922
Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .
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| 11/5/1956 | University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC. |
| 6/19/1991 | Sudhakar Rao Naik (Cong-I) sworn in as the Maharashtra CM. |
| 12/12/1925 | Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born. |
| 5/25/1941 | Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer. |
| 6/1/1955 | India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 9/29/1932 | Hamid Dalwai, Muslim social reformer, was born. |
| 12/12/1965 | Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras. |
| 11/13/1917 | Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
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