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Historical Event on 8/9/1911
Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
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| 1/21/2000 | The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president. |
| 5/15/1998 | The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas. |
| 1/23/1920 | Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started. |
| 1/15/1998 | Binda Prasad Kashyap, 73, CPI leader, passed away in Nagpur. |
| 4/1/1993 | National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories. |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
| 5/10/1999 | Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill. |
| 6/5/1989 | Missile `Trishul' tested successfully. |
| 1/8/1925 | Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"". |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
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