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Historical Event on 8/8/1991
India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1948 | Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory. |
| 3/19/1973 | Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47. |
| 1/23/1915 | Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 11/11/1921 | Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
| 10/12/1860 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73. |
| 3/10/1904 | Raghunath Gopal Kokaje, great Hindi writer, was born at Bhoka, district Ratnagiri. |
| 10/1/1958 | Metric System of weights was introduced in India. |
| 8/30/1773 | Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. |
| 4/9/1999 | K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur. |
| 6/27/1838 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
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