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Historical Event on 8/1/1994
The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1901 | Nirmal Kumar Bose was born. |
| 8/20/1905 | Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto. |
| 4/12/1978 | India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"". |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 12/13/1902 | Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born. |
| 5/9/1998 | Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India. |
| 2/25/1909 | Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months. |
| 9/30/1922 | Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab). |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
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