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Historical Event on 8/8/1972

Olympics open at Munich (26).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
9/20/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
7/15/1917Tukaram Tanaji Sawant, educationist and famous Hindi writer, was born at Pokharam, (Maharashtra).
5/14/1998India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
7/27/1998Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.