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Historical Event on 8/8/1923

Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
10/14/1999Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
1/25/1932Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born.
9/28/1996Sukh Ram sent to Tihar jail in assets case.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
9/1/1977M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.