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Historical Event on 8/9/1992
Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1977 | Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period. |
| 4/12/1801 | William Carey fort was appointed the Professor of Bengali Language in fort at William College, Calcutta. |
| 9/16/1913 | Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. |
| 7/5/2000 | The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 12/28/1981 | New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala. |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 2/28/1997 | The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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