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Historical Event on 8/8/1942

'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
1/14/1938Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
4/22/1999Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
5/12/1993Lok Sabha okays extension of President's rule in the former BJP-ruled states.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.