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Events for February 8

8-February-1785	Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India.
8-February-1872	Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.
8-February-1881	Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.
8-February-1897	Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
8-February-1907	Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.
8-February-1912	Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.
8-February-1921	Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
8-February-1936	Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
8-February-1936	Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
8-February-1943	Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.
8-February-1948	Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
8-February-1959	The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.
8-February-1967	Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
8-February-1971	Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
8-February-1971	Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.
8-February-1985	P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986
8-February-1986	Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
8-February-1986	For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.
8-February-1989	Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
8-February-1993	India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.
8-February-1994	Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
8-February-1994	Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
8-February-1995	Mulayam Singh wins the crucial vote of strength.
8-February-1999	Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.