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Historical Event on 2/8/1936
Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1995 | N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee. |
| 6/16/1993 | Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded. |
| 2/28/1918 | Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 10/1/1903 | Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born. |
| 10/19/1983 | Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 2/1/1910 | Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 7/1/1982 | MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children. |
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