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Historical Event on 2/8/1971

Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.
12/26/1985Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.
9/8/1897Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.
12/8/1942Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.