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Historical Event on 2/8/1897

Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1878Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP.
11/14/1993Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who quit JD, joins BJP.
12/24/1973E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
11/29/1959Govind Sakharam Serdesai, Jagirdar Raobahadur, passed away.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.