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Historical Event on 9/8/1952

The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
1/1/1974This year was announced to be observed as the ""World Population Year"".
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
11/3/1990Manmohan Krishna, famous film actor, passed away.
12/4/1919Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan).
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
9/12/1962Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
7/3/1991Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% .