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Historical Event on 3/8/1864
Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
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| 6/13/1992 | Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 1/22/2000 | India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
| 1/16/1920 | Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 5/22/1927 | M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh. |
| 7/23/2000 | Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand. |
| 9/23/1967 | P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born. |
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