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Historical Event on 8/9/1966

Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
9/17/1876Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
10/29/1935Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
8/30/1659Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.