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Historical Event on 8/8/1911
Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1994 | Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died. |
| 11/5/1961 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States. |
| 10/5/1997 | Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country. |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 12/24/1762 | Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi. |
| 5/3/1977 | Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 8/15/1997 | K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament. |
| 2/13/1991 | Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala. |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
| 10/22/1999 | Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term. |
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