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Historical Event on 2/8/1971
Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
| 5/1/1992 | Seperate secretariat was established for primary education. |
| 2/14/1998 | 13 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed. |
| 11/3/1948 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly. |
| 4/6/1993 | Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 9/13/1991 | Churchil Alemao, former Goa CM, who was wanted under COFEPOSA, surrenders to the police in Panaji. |
| 8/7/1887 | Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 1/10/1932 | Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities. |
| 11/11/1979 | President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India. |
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