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Historical Event on 8/8/1936

Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1900Mohommad Ali Chhagla, former central minister, was born.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
11/15/1995Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
4/20/1914Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
11/8/1831Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
3/26/1990Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.