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Historical Event on 2/8/1967
Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1925 | Chittaranjan Das, great freedom fighter, revolutionary, orator, poet, journalist and lawyer, died. |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 3/20/1997 | Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
| 7/16/1991 | Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%. |
| 5/8/1971 | Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79. |
| 4/21/1720 | Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath passed away and was succeeded by his son Peshwa Baji Rao I. He was a great soldier and General. |
| 4/4/1912 | Dhundiraj Gopal Sapre, Sahityaratna and Sanskrit litterateur, was born. |
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