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Historical Event on 8/9/1969

Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1911Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara.
6/18/1956New Hindu Succession Act was passed.
8/17/1934Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
10/21/1762Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born.
8/7/1887Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.