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Historical Event on 8/9/1992
Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
| 11/19/1994 | Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa . |
| 5/2/1996 | General Election 2nd phase begins in 204 LS and 223 Assembly constituencies spread over 17 States & union territories. |
| 2/14/1967 | 4th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 11/13/1922 | Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 1/18/1968 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
| 5/31/1928 | Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975). |
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