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Historical Event on 2/8/1872

Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
2/12/1997Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.