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Historical Event on 8/9/1966

Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
4/23/1991Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
10/20/1990Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990.
2/7/1994C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).