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Historical Event on 11/8/1947

Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/8/1968Madhuri Mani Iyyer, famous singer of Karnatak Gharana, passed away.
5/21/1996General Election (11th) of India ended.
7/31/1952Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
3/26/1987Hyderabad beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
10/10/1996UP polls throw up a hung assembly.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.
6/9/1997Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.