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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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
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| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 11/21/1971 | Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh. |
| 10/5/1949 | A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 9/23/1999 | India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control. |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 7/25/2000 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR. |
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