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Historical Event on 9/8/1953

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
5/12/1923Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born.
5/12/1923Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
2/14/19674th Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was held and the election process was completed on 15/02/1967.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
5/19/1911K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.
6/28/1993A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.