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Historical Event on 8/8/1948

Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1982S. N. Katkar, famous poet and former editor of 'Yugvani', died.
6/25/1922Satyendranath Datta, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
2/2/1917Maharshi Vinayak Ramchandra Patwardhan (Annasaheb), collegue of Lokmanya Tilak, passed away.
8/4/1894Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
2/7/1856Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
3/3/1921Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P).
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.