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Historical Event on 8/8/1940
Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1956 | The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash. |
| 5/4/1992 | India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation. |
| 9/1/1956 | Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir. |
| 1/3/1996 | Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
| 4/10/1999 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, died at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village. |
| 10/1/1995 | Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 11/21/1994 | Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died. |
| 9/26/1919 | Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held. |
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