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Historical Event on 8/2/1935

The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
7/17/1976Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
5/31/1997Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore.