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Historical Event on 8/8/1940

Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
10/27/1904Jatindra Nath Das, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Bankim Behari in Calcutta.
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
12/22/1751Battle of Mandavgargh.
12/23/1920King George V signs Home Rule Act.
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.