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Historical Event on 2/8/1971

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
5/17/1927A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
9/14/1953Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
4/23/1858Pandita Ramabai, social reformer and philosopher, was born in the State of Mysore.
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.