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Historical Event on 8/9/1892
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
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| 4/10/1760 | Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75. |
| 1/15/1996 | Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
| 6/25/1932 | India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England. |
| 11/1/1961 | First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748. |
| 6/18/1946 | Congress Working Committee decides to accept Interim Government scheme. |
| 10/29/1992 | Komar Singh, the first Indian Ambassador to Israel, presented credentials to President Chain Herzog in Jerusalem. |
| 6/25/1922 | Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
| 4/19/1998 | Jayalalitha, AIADMK leader, demands that all ''tainted leaders'' be dropped by the Vajpayee Government or that Sedapatti R. Muthiah be taken back. |
| 12/20/1957 | Kalinga Prize for 1957 awarded to Lord Bertrand Russell. |
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