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Historical Event on 9/8/1790

Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1987Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
5/4/1992India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.