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Historical Event on 9/8/1790
Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1983 | Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 5/8/1997 | Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 3/14/1995 | Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
| 2/27/1941 | Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India. |
| 9/26/1904 | R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born. |
| 4/30/1958 | Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody. |
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