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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 |
| 1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 3/15/1831 | First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji. |
| 7/13/1660 | Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died. |
| 7/29/1999 | Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 12/15/1859 | S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born. |
| 5/20/1987 | G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
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