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Historical Event on 8/9/1969

Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1656Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
1/1/1994Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
1/19/1960Ramchandra Gopal (Dadasaheb Torne), famous film director, passed away.
9/12/1905Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.