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Historical Event on 8/9/1902

King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
11/15/1920Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
3/17/1991The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
2/1/1988The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.