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Historical Event on 8/9/1952
New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1949 | Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh was established. |
| 1/6/1997 | Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting. |
| 11/24/1924 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born. |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 7/17/1974 | J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly. |
| 8/12/1979 | Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people. |
| 3/11/1948 | SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam. |
| 7/26/1614 | Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy. |
| 12/15/1803 | East India Company captured Orrisa state. |
| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
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