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Historical Event on 8/9/1969
Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1994 | At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured. |
| 10/24/1934 | Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
| 2/27/1992 | Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years. |
| 5/28/1895 | Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born. |
| 9/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
| 11/10/2000 | R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi. |
| 5/3/1962 | Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal. |
| 7/14/1942 | Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank). |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 10/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, became inoperable due to power bus anomaly. This satellite had capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. |
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