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Historical Event on 8/8/1972

Olympics open at Munich (26).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
12/8/1920A. Adivi Reddy, social reformer and educationist, was born at Chandragiri, AP.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
11/28/1967Pandurang Mahadev Bapat ""Senapati Bapat"", revolutionary and social reformer, passed away at the age of 89. He led the famous ""Mulshi Satyagraha"" and played a significant role in the struggle for Samyukta Maharashtra and took part in Goa liberation movement.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".