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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 |
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| 5/8/1910 | Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity. |
| 10/9/1949 | The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General. |
| 1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
| 9/17/1997 | Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW. |
| 6/27/1894 | Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born. |
| 2/6/1827 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 7/28/1994 | Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report. |
| 11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
| 3/15/1969 | Indian Navy's first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa. |
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