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Historical Event on 8/8/1942

'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1993Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha.
4/7/1962Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.
1/15/1998Gulzari Lal Nanda, Gandhian freedom fighter and twice acting Prime Minister in 1964 and 1966, died in Ahmedabad at the age of 100 years.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.