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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
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.