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Historical Event on 2/8/1971

Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.

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10/28/1996Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.
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12/23/1983Micheal Chopra, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Newcastle, England.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
12/19/2000Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.