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Historical Event on 8/9/1971
A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1909 | Vimal Rai, film producer and director, was born. |
| 9/9/1991 | Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners. |
| 12/20/1978 | Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment. |
| 1/23/1999 | An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district. |
| 6/12/1972 | D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died. |
| 8/23/1989 | Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away. |
| 2/7/1997 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
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