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Historical Event on 11/8/1661
Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/29/1989 | Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party |
| 8/27/1990 | The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections. |
| 2/3/1916 | Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 6/12/1976 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, died at Varanasi. |
| 3/14/1998 | Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri. |
| 7/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 12/7/1993 | Lalthanhwala sworn in CM of Mizoram. |
| 10/10/1910 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
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