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Historical Event on 8/8/1972

Olympics open at Munich (26).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1891Gandhiji called to the Bar.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
5/10/1999Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill.
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
9/25/1857Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
2/2/1993Prices of iron and steel hiked.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.