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Historical Event on 8/8/1972
Olympics open at Munich (26).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 12/13/1999 | The Government lodges protest with the Pakistani Rangers following the discovery of a tunnel near the Indo-Pak border. |
| 3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
| 7/1/1999 | Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA). |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
| 3/2/1984 | Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/30/1888 | Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad. |
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