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Historical Event on 8/9/1788

Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.

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12/6/1962India closes its consulates in Communist China.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
12/8/1942Hemant Shamsunder Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974), was born in Amravati, Maharashtra.