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Historical Event on 8/8/1972
Olympics open at Munich (26).
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| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 5/9/1981 | Pandit Sundarlal, great revolutionary and writer of 'Bharat Mein Angreji Raj', passed away. |
| 5/23/1895 | Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away. |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
| 7/4/1994 | Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died. |
| 12/4/1940 | Khurshid Novrojee, freedom fighter, was arrested for not giving prior intimation to go in tribal area. She had founded Gujarat, Kathiwad and Bombay Presidency ""Women Voluntary Amry"". |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
| 3/15/1993 | Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
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