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Historical Event on 2/8/1872
Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1998 | Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party. |
| 10/28/1996 | L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court. |
| 9/25/1916 | Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan. |
| 2/16/1982 | Jawaharlal Nehru was staged first time in Calcutta Invitation International Gold Cup Football Tournament. |
| 11/30/2000 | CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. |
| 5/14/1994 | RBI announces tight monetary policy. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 11/10/1960 | B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961 |
| 6/19/1747 | Nadirshaha passed away. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
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