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Historical Event on 8/9/1902

King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
6/13/1943Netaji Subhashchandra Bose started his journey from Germany to Tokyo by a submarine.
12/23/1926Swami Shradhanand, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker and politician, was assassinated by a revolver shot that was fired by a young Muslim Abdul Rashid.
5/3/1936Engelbert Humperdinck [Arnold George Dorsey], famous singer, was born in Madras, India.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
9/7/1993India and China sign border peace accord.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
6/10/1984Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit.
9/29/1994Cable Television Regulation Ordinance issued.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.