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Historical Event on 9/8/1953
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.
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| 4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 2/7/1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 9/3/1931 | Dr. Chandreshwarprasad Rachamohan Thakur was born in Dubaha, Distt. Muzaffarpur (Bihar). |
| 7/23/1991 | Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died. |
| 6/15/1990 | Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC. |
| 11/29/1928 | Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away. |
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