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Historical Event on 8/9/1952
New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 8/15/1994 | At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag. |
| 5/29/1967 | First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory. |
| 10/9/1978 | Asian Games begin in Bangkok. |
| 4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 6/23/1997 | Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98). |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 2/1/1930 | A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London. |
| 8/5/1981 | Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J). |
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