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Historical Event on 11/8/1965
British Indian Ocean Territory formed.

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12/27/1975	372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
6/20/1995	B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
1/2/1964	Raichaudhary Ambikagiri, nationalist Asamia poet, died.
2/13/1994	Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away.
1/26/1993	Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
8/27/1978	Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
11/16/1915	Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
9/21/1948	Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
1/8/1968	The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
11/24/1999	The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off.

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Historical Event on 11/8/1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed.

Historical Event on 11/8/1965
British Indian Ocean Territory formed.