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Historical Event on 9/8/1982
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/17/1923 | Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 6/24/1966 | Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 10/17/1990 | S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
| 2/5/1991 | The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India. |
| 4/3/1994 | Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
| 1/16/1997 | Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
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