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Historical Event on 2/8/1897
Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 1/1/1992 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Space Year"". |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 7/15/1920 | Earthquake in Delhi. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
| 12/17/1938 | Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died. |
| 10/27/1999 | P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 5/1/1886 | May Day was first observed in Chicago, USA. Work, Social activities, Rest, for 8 Hours. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 6/21/1999 | Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking. |
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