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Historical Event on 1/8/1906
Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
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| 9/9/2000 | Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
| 6/16/1990 | GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops. |
| 5/21/1992 | Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died. |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
| 1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
| 8/28/1997 | Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination. |
| 6/2/1986 | One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab. |
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