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Historical Event on 8/2/1980

Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
10/26/1991Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily newspaper 'Marathwada', died.
10/9/1978Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
10/9/1978Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.