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Historical Event on 11/8/1947
Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 4/1/1978 | India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced. |
| 5/20/1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away. |
| 10/4/1857 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, was born at Mandvi village, Gujarat. |
| 2/19/1915 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 12/21/1911 | Central Bank of India established. |
| 7/20/2000 | In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
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