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Historical Event on 8/9/1952

New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
4/11/1930Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people.
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.