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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.
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| 2/19/1994 | IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time. |
| 7/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India. |
| 1/7/1761 | Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
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| 9/21/1954 | Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet. |
| 3/30/1949 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away. |
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| 5/30/1895 | Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born. |
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