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Historical Event on 8/9/1966

Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
10/31/1895Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
5/15/1999Militants gun down Abdul Ahad Kar, a senior member of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly belonging to the ruling National Conference, in Kupwara district.
11/29/1953Benegal Narsing Rau, foremost Indian Jurist of his time, passed away at Zurich. He performed some very prominent duties towards the nation. He was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at Hague.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
11/24/1952Brijesh Parsuram Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77), was born in Baroda.
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.
12/20/1992BJP launches campaign to oust Rao government; Vajpayee goes on fast.