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Historical Event on 8/8/1940

Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
6/1/1995Kanshi Ram (Bahujan Samaj Party) withdraws support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in UP and stakes claim to form a new government.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
5/12/1992Ms. Santosh Yadav (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) becomes the second Indian woman to set foot atop Mt. Everest.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
4/20/1930The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.
7/21/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces a special fund for population projects with the Planning Commission providing seed money of Rs. 100 crores. He was addressing the maiden meeting of the National Population Commission.
2/22/1948Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.