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Historical Event on 8/9/1970
Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/4/1888 | Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law. |
| 7/12/1998 | India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee. |
| 12/17/1961 | Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night. |
| 12/15/1999 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, arrives in Berlin to attend G-20 meet. |
| 6/17/1947 | Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly. |
| 12/14/1998 | The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 7/21/1984 | Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab. |
| 2/17/1994 | Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years. |
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