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Historical Event on 3/8/1941

Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1880Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
4/13/1699Khalsa Panth established.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
1/11/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.