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Historical Event on 8/8/1936
Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 8/3/1886 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi. |
| 4/16/1918 | Spike Milligan, famous actor and comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers), was born in India. |
| 1/30/1949 | Night Airmail Services was inaugurated. |
| 8/13/1963 | Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
| 1/22/1922 | Shanta Buddhisagar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
| 7/26/1614 | Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy. |
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