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Historical Event on 9/8/1897
Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/7/1952 | Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 9/7/1998 | Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77. |
| 4/16/1992 | The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'. |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 4/9/1783 | Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
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