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Historical Event on 8/8/1946
India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1674 | Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
| 9/14/1933 | Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India. |
| 1/22/1965 | Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai. |
| 8/2/1885 | Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born. |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 10/4/1996 | Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case. |
| 4/5/1993 | The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections. |
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