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Historical Event on 8/2/1980

Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
1/7/1883Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
9/20/1998A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
6/16/1997P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.