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Historical Event on 9/8/1887
Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
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| 2/7/1795 | Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies. |
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| 10/9/1993 | C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away. |
| 1/18/1968 | The Resolution on Official Languages was passed by both the houses of the Parliament wherin the need to formulate a more intensive and comprehensive programme for the progressive use of Hindi for Official purposes, preparing annual assessment report for reviewing the progress, formulating a programme for the co-ordinated development of the other languages included in the 8th schedule alongwith Hindi, adopting of a tri-langual formula, making the knowledge of either Hindi or English compulsory for recruitment to the services of the Union, and inclusion of all the languages of the 8th schedule of the Constitution and English as the optional medium for the exams conducted by the union Public Service Commission at the appropriate time, has been stressed. |
| 10/25/1980 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous Urdu poet, died. |
| 12/6/1931 | Bengal Congress to boycott British goods. |
| 4/5/1991 | Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections. |
| 11/25/2000 | Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Governments agree on a ""unified command'' for the STF operations against Veerappa |
| 1/18/1950 | Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away. |
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