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Historical Event on 2/8/1986
Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/6/1993 | Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat. |
| 12/27/1990 | Central Govt. introduces fresh direct tax proposals to raise additional Rs. 810 crore by raising income tax and fixing limits for deduction of depreciation. |
| 7/11/1997 | Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai. |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
| 9/3/1953 | Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away. |
| 8/3/1960 | Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur. |
| 2/24/1995 | A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act. |
| 2/7/1985 | Uday Merchant, cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), passed away. |
| 4/15/1946 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 3/7/2000 | A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district. |
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