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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 |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 5/1/1997 | Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo. |
| 10/30/1997 | Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin. |
| 4/1/1985 | Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala). |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 12/12/1959 | Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras. |
| 1/2/1757 | After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives. |
| 3/18/1948 | Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 5/27/1948 | The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec. |
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