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Historical Event on 8/9/1969
Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/1989 | Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister. |
| 4/14/1993 | The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries. |
| 2/17/1670 | Shivaji won SinghGarh Fort from Mughals. This victory was on the shoulders of Tanaji who was martyred in this attack. Shivaji proclaimed ""Garh Aalaa Pan Singh Gela"" which means that Fort was won but the Lion was lost. |
| 8/26/1975 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
| 6/15/1948 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away. |
| 6/15/1948 | King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 7/8/1999 | The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. |
| 11/1/1974 | Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, cricketer (Indian Test batsman v S Africa 1996 ), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
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