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Historical Event on 8/9/1892
Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
| 9/12/1995 | Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu. |
| 9/19/1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 4/18/1916 | Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 2/14/1925 | Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born. |
| 1/15/1958 | Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 5/22/1993 | Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
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