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Historical Event on 2/8/1881
Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/24/1903 | Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 4/26/1813 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 12/24/1905 | Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born. |
| 4/17/1998 | BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes. |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 5/9/1874 | First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
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