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Historical Event on 9/8/1953
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 2/25/1962 | India Congress Party wins elections. |
| 10/22/1929 | Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas. |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 2/25/1993 | 113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action. |
| 5/26/2000 | Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai. |
| 6/17/1995 | Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first. |
| 2/1/1785 | Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
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