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Historical Event on 8/8/1932

Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
12/6/1997Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.