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Historical Event on 8/8/1923
Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1975 | Vishnupant Purshottam Bhagwat, editor, publisher and printer of monthly magzine ""Satyakatha"", d |
| 12/13/1955 | India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 3/26/1969 | Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-), was born in Jalandhar. |
| 6/17/1976 | Montreal Olympics opens. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 11/25/1962 | Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away. |
| 2/24/1936 | Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
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