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Historical Event on 2/8/1943

Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
11/1/1932Anadi Sankar Gupta, great educationist, was born at Goila, Bangladesh.
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
7/10/1998India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.