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Historical Event on 2/8/1999
Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/24/1991 | Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away. |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
| 3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 7/21/1906 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of Indian National Congress, passed away. |
| 9/20/1997 | President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. |
| 12/23/1969 | Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi. |
| 7/6/1942 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter and editor of ""Janma Bhoomi"", died due to non-medical facility and mal-nutrition in Jail. She has also written ""Karagaar Ke Anubhav"" in 1930. She was arrested for Satyagrah and forcefully closing of Foreign Goods. |
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