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Historical Event on 8/8/1923

Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.
5/1/1973All non-fuel Coal Mines fields were nationalised.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.