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Historical Event on 8/8/1911
Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1993 | Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states. |
| 5/20/1987 | G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 8/25/1965 | Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators. |
| 7/12/1909 | Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 8/29/1959 | India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese. |
| 4/22/1942 | Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away. |
| 5/26/1997 | Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel. |
| 1/23/1897 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War. |
| 10/10/1937 | Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born. |
| 8/15/1772 | Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company. |
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