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Historical Event on 6/8/1897

Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
7/23/1996India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta.
8/5/1965Jaya Prakash Narayan was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service.
9/11/1968Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.
9/8/1790Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.