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Historical Event on 5/8/1725
John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1988 | Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/29/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dvivedi, famous litterateur, writer, poet and editor, died at the age of 74. |
| 2/24/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India begins. |
| 5/28/1895 | Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born. |
| 2/6/1937 | Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 10/30/1990 | Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 3/9/1931 | The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London. |
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