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Historical Event on 8/9/1909
Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/3/1908 | Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 12/13/1986 | Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away. |
| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 6/25/1998 | Sikh high priests exonerate the Akali Dal leader and chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, of charges of violating a ``Hukumnama'' (religious edict) issued by the Akal Takht, which prescribed a complete boycott of the members of the Nirankari missions for their ''blasphemous'' activities. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
| 6/26/1982 | First Boeing 707 of Air India `Gaurishankar' was crashed at Sahar Airport (Bombay). |
| 4/12/1912 | Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab). |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 12/11/1987 | Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
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