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Historical Event on 8/8/1946

India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
12/17/1934Khandesh Gandhi Mir Sukrulla, great patriot and freedom fighter, died.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
5/25/193724 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.