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Historical Event on 8/9/1971
Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 2/26/1996 | Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM. |
| 2/8/1971 | Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died. |
| 9/23/1967 | P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
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