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Historical Event on 8/8/1946
India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 6/22/1959 | Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away. |
| 12/5/1931 | Gandhiji leaves England for India. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 4/11/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai. |
| 4/23/1928 | Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
| 5/6/1680 | Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned. |
| 8/1/1970 | Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan. |
| 3/3/1989 | Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant. |
| 10/29/1935 | Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born. |
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