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Historical Event on 8/9/1970

Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
5/9/1933Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances.
8/18/1951Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
3/17/1782Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.