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Historical Event on 9/8/1947
There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1984 | Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots. |
| 12/31/1988 | Nuclear Fuel Complex was established in Hyderabad. |
| 11/6/1952 | Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
| 2/26/1971 | Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born. |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 2/11/1944 | Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born. |
| 5/2/1953 | Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war. |
| 6/3/1977 | K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress. |
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