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Historical Event on 8/9/1966
Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
| 8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
| 10/1/1894 | Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta. |
| 9/5/1987 | Shanbagh, Vandana Rao, Shiny and Usha sets record in the women's category for 4x400m race in 3.31.55 seconds at Rome . |
| 6/24/1966 | Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 9/9/1949 | Hindi was accepted as the national language of India. |
| 10/19/1997 | BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies. |
| 11/13/1970 | Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed. |
| 2/23/1969 | Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away. |
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