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Historical Event on 8/8/1940
Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
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| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
| 9/4/1999 | Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad. |
| 7/23/1964 | Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away. |
| 5/15/1992 | Harshad Mehta suspended. |
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