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Historical Event on 8/8/1984

P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1659Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
7/20/1990Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.