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Historical Event on 8/1/1990

Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
11/2/2000Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
11/9/1967Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
7/26/1975Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.