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Historical Event on 11/8/1947

Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
5/27/1999IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
2/20/2000India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
1/5/2000Tamil Nadu regains Subbiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
10/23/1996Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.