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Historical Event on 8/8/1905

Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1918K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
11/3/1992Premnath, hero and villan of Hindi film industry, passed away.
2/12/1922Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.