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Historical Event on 9/8/1933

Asha Bhosle (born Asha Mangeshkar), famous playback singer, was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.

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7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
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1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
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