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Historical Event on 6/8/1948

Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.

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1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
8/15/1947Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
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10/12/1935Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, former Speaker of Lok Sabha, was born
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8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.