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Historical Event on 2/8/1897
Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/1896 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 9/17/1998 | Rabri Devi, Chief Minister of Bihar, expands the Cabinet, inducting nine ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her ministry. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 3/21/1997 | Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura. |
| 9/26/1932 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
| 2/13/1945 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 9/9/1920 | Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
| 4/10/1993 | Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow. |
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