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Historical Event on 9/8/1982
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/12/1923 | Meera Mukherjee, great artist, was born. |
| 4/24/1959 | Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 2/24/1997 | Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 12/29/1953 | The States Reorganisation Commission. |
| 8/26/2000 | Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai. |
| 8/4/2000 | Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday. |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
| 4/5/1993 | The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections. |
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