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Historical Event on 8/8/1949
India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 9/7/2000 | The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999. |
| 11/18/1999 | Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case. |
| 12/31/1738 | Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born. |
| 10/1/1887 | Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 10/20/1992 | Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire. |
| 8/17/1970 | The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi. |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
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