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Historical Event on 8/9/1942
Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1980 | T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away. |
| 4/1/1902 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/20/1974 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President. |
| 1/4/1889 | Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born. |
| 1/4/1889 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
| 2/1/1968 | United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi. |
| 9/11/1921 | Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39. |
| 12/29/1965 | First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory. |
| 7/18/1992 | Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away. |
| 9/20/1989 | IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces. |
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