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Historical Event on 8/9/1788
Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
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| 11/30/1759 | Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk. |
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| 1/17/1981 | Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 8/15/1997 | K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament. |
| 1/19/1995 | Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson. |
| 12/6/1931 | Bengal Congress to boycott British goods. |
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