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Historical Event on 2/8/1967

Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
10/16/1983Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
1/9/1919Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.