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Historical Event on 2/8/1967

Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1980Awards regarding Public Honour were re-started by Goverment of India; Mother Teresa was honoured by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, etc.
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/9/2000The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
4/1/1902Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer, (one Test, India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0), was born in Bombay.
2/1/1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
1/15/1887Shri Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Chowdary, freedom fighter and a great native poet, was born in village Angaluru, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.