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Historical Event on 8/8/1911

Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
8/11/1999Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
5/25/1990Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
3/31/1997Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
1/1/1862Indian Penal Code and code of Criminal Procedure passed on October 6, 1860 came into force.
1/20/1898Krishnarao Ganeshpant Fulanbrikar (Master Krishnarao), famous singer, actor and music director, was born.
3/9/1858Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.