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Historical Event on 8/9/1952

New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.

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9/5/1962Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day.
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10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
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