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Historical Event on 9/8/1965
Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1999 | India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana. |
| 5/26/1945 | Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 5/15/1864 | Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP. |
| 12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 1/20/1957 | First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
| 9/18/1909 | Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born. |
| 12/30/1947 | India informs Pakistan and other dominion representatives that it has decided to refer the Kashmir issue to the Security Council under Article 35 of the United Nations Charter. |
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