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Historical Event on 8/1/1939

Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
10/28/1929Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.