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Historical Event on 8/9/1970
Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/1/1971 | General Election ( 5th) of India begins. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
| 6/7/1999 | Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 3/10/1912 | Anant Ramachandra Joshi, cricket Test Umpire for 12 test from 1948-5, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 7/2/1993 | Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law. |
| 7/3/1991 | Rupee devalued again from 10.58 to 10.96\% . |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
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