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Historical Event on 2/8/1971

Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
7/6/1999Sub. Jata Shankar secured 'Silver' medal in 400 Mtr race at the International circuit Athletic Meet held at Trivendrum.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
10/30/1887Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.