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Historical Event on 9/8/1960

Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
1/16/1945Kabir Bedi, famous Hindi and foreign actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry), was born.
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.