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Historical Event on 8/8/1948

Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/14/1997Border Security Force discovers a 34-metre long tunnel in the Ajnala Sub-sector of the Punjab border with Pakistan.
6/14/1985M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
9/2/1970President V. V. Giri inaugurated, Vivekanand Rock Memorial' at Kanyakumari.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
5/27/1995National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India.
10/15/1866Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, playwright and journalist, was born.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.