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Historical Event on 3/8/1921

Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
7/8/1972Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
3/6/1962Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
4/8/1835Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.