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Historical Event on 9/8/1982

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
1/1/1900Sathya Sai Baba was born
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
1/20/1992Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.