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Historical Event on 8/8/1911

Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
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11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
1/20/1988Shiv Charan Mathur sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
8/16/1922Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.