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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 |
| 11/2/1971 | Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives. |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 3/31/1972 | Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 5/25/1933 | All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism. |
| 12/11/1991 | Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march). |
| 1/19/1839 | Aden conquered by British East India Company. |
| 1/19/1839 | General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India. |
| 2/26/1975 | Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad. |
| 1/30/1996 | The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
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