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Historical Event on 8/8/1946

India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
12/10/1992The Central Government bans RSS, VHP, ISS, Bajrang Dal and Jamait-e-Islami.
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
1/19/1932Balgovind Jaiswal, educationist and author, was born at Mhow.
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.