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Historical Event on 8/9/1966
Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/19/1998 | BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India. |
| 1/2/1960 | Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 8/12/1979 | Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born. |
| 10/9/1996 | PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14. |
| 5/4/1989 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 7/18/1980 | Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India. |
| 12/23/1926 | Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid. |
| 2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
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