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Historical Event on 11/8/1948

Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
3/10/1940Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
8/23/1989Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
6/25/1880Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P.