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Historical Event on 2/8/1971
Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 4/10/1995 | Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna. |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
| 12/5/1999 | The Union Home Ministry ask Intelligence Bureau (IB) to conduct an inquiry against IB officials in ISRO spy case. |
| 1/8/1925 | The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow. |
| 4/20/1989 | Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails. |
| 3/30/1989 | Waman Ganpat Behre `Sobat', editor of weekly, passed away. |
| 7/27/1986 | The Supreme Court orders all-India test for medical seats. |
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