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Historical Event on 9/8/1952

The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1997Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
4/22/1996Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.