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Historical Event on 8/9/1942

Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
7/11/1998Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
12/27/1929Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin.
7/5/1916Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore.
1/31/1931Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".