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Historical Event on 1/8/1908

Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
12/23/1992Varma Commission indicts IB, the Centre and Tamil Nadu police for failure to protect Rajiv Gandhi.
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
5/1/1992C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
12/25/1972Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away.
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.