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Historical Event on 8/9/1902

King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1702Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away.
6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
11/12/1939Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.
1/31/1997Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5).
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
5/28/1996BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997.
9/13/2000Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.