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Historical Event on 9/8/1947
There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.

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12/20/1999	Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party Chief, opposes signing of CTBT.
10/31/1984	Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
10/31/1984	Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
9/20/1998	A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary.
11/1/1992	The Superfast Rajdhani Express train linking Bangalore and Nizamuddin (2,452 km) flagged off.
6/26/1995	Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
6/24/1763	Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
11/9/1948	Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
7/31/2000	The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
6/17/1950	Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.

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Historical Event on 9/8/1947 There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.

Historical Event on 9/8/1947
There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.