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Historical Event on 9/8/1953

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Premier of Kashmir, was shot at.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
9/1/1965Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
9/8/1790Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
4/18/1926Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
12/24/1921Rabindranath Tagore established ""Visva Bharati"" at Santiniketan with Brojendra Nath Seal as the chief guest.
12/24/1921Mughals capture Ahmednagar.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.