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Historical Event on 8/8/1949
India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
| 8/3/1993 | Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha. |
| 7/7/1763 | Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal. |
| 2/18/1994 | India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir. |
| 6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/24/1815 | John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 1/12/2000 | The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years. |
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