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Historical Event on 9/8/1887
Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
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| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 1/28/1976 | Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park. |
| 10/29/1930 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail. |
| 4/6/1998 | India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries. |
| 7/3/1985 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988. |
| 4/24/1996 | Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition. |
| 6/26/1995 | Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population. |
| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 11/24/1932 | The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything. |
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