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Historical Event on 8/8/1946

India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
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8/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
4/6/1993Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.