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Historical Event on 2/8/1872

Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
10/29/1999The Anubhav Group chairman C. Natesan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on alleged charges of duping investors to the tune of Rs. 1.16 crore.
4/8/1759British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.