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Historical Event on 2/8/1971

Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1923K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
1/1/1989The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
9/27/1760Mir Zafar was deposed and his son-in-law Mir Kasim became the Nawab of Bengal. He ruled till July 7, 1763.