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Historical Event on 9/8/1897

Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
1/17/1888Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.
1/3/1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
8/15/1990GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
3/21/2000The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.
1/19/1994CM decide to request Chief Election Commission to implement the photo identity card scheme in phases.
4/5/1990Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.