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Historical Event on 8/9/1969

Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
12/10/1989Janardan Swami passed away.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
6/22/1994L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.