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Historical Event on 8/9/1971

A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1991R. G. Sardesai, veteran journalist, died.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
7/24/2000The trial in the Rs. 133 crore urea scam resumes after about one year in the special court for CBI cases in New Delhi.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
3/12/1930Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad to break salt law. This march stretched of 375 km. was covered in 26 days with 78 followers. The whole of India joined the campaign to boycott foreign goods and refused to pay taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan or Frontier Gandhi started Khudai Kidmatgar movement in the North-West Frontier. The Government went back to its brutal force and about 90,000 people were imprisoned within a year. In Peshawar, the Gharwal regiment refused to shoot a demonstrator. In Nagaland Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old girl raised the flag against the Britishers and was put into life imprisonment in 1932. Nehru hearing this uttered A day will come when India will remember her and Cherish her. She was released after Independence.
12/20/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea from Rajendra Yadav challenging his retirement from the Prachar Bharati Board.