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Historical Event on 9/8/1972
Vijay Singh Chauhan sets record for decathlon by 7378/7306 points at Munich.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/16/1911 | Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. |
| 2/26/1966 | 34 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'. |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 3/18/1953 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 4/29/1960 | Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away. |
| 1/5/1955 | Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal). |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
| 12/28/1931 | The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him. |
| 3/20/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta. |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
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