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Historical Event on 11/8/1661

Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
8/27/1859Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born.
7/1/1856In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.