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Historical Event on 8/8/1972

Olympics open at Munich (26).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1957Satish Kumar Sareen graduated from the first batch of the JSW and went onto the AFFC for flying training.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
6/25/1999PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
7/9/1873Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.