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Historical Event on 8/8/1940
Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
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| 7/13/1999 | Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four. |
| 2/9/1951 | The first census of free India of enumeration work was started. |
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| 7/13/1974 | India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley. |
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| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 5/28/1950 | Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 1/5/1934 | Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi. |
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