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Historical Event on 8/9/1992
Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 2/22/1997 | Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore. |
| 2/23/1998 | Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 5/17/1927 | A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born. |
| 2/24/1996 | Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA. |
| 12/26/1989 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 1/15/1887 | Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 12/19/1966 | Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi. |
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