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Historical Event on 8/9/1942
The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1944 | Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence. |
| 6/27/1966 | D. S. Joshi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-12-1968. |
| 2/5/1931 | Krishna Film Co., Bombay produced a 7,659 feet long 'Krishnatone Talkie Programme No. 1, which was released quite before the release of 'Alam Ara,' first talkie film of India. The Krishnatone Programme was censored at C.C. No. 9906 on February 5 and the programme contained the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No.1 (3) Indian Orchestra No.2 (4) Indian Orchestra No.3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) Hindi Song No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No.2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Song (13) Hindi Chorus Song No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Goanese Song. |
| 11/1/1927 | Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born. |
| 5/9/1917 | Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India. |
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| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 8/17/1994 | Opposition ends Parliament boycott. |
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