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Historical Event on 8/9/1969
Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1965 | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
| 9/10/1992 | All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached. |
| 4/17/1983 | Rohini (RS-D2), placed in orbit, was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload. Launched by the second developmental launch of SLV-3. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi. |
| 1/19/1997 | Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad arrives in India on a 4-day visit. |
| 3/22/2000 | INSAT-3B launched. |
| 12/1/1942 | No. 8 Squadron was raised meanwhile, absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel. |
| 3/6/1990 | India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament. |
| 1/11/1958 | Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps. |
| 8/17/1997 | I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October. |
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