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Historical Event on 8/9/1971
Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 1/24/1870 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born. |
| 2/22/1946 | Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 1/24/1921 | T. N. Raina, former Army Chief and High Commissioner of Canada, was born. |
| 1/24/1921 | The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali. |
| 4/13/1982 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856 |
| 3/28/1978 | Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born. |
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