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Historical Event on 2/8/1971
Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/22/1869 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, great scholar of Sanskrit, master, politician, social reformer, President of India and educationist, was born at Valangaiman village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/12/1992 | India and Russia sign a new political treaty. |
| 1/12/1992 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 1/6/1996 | CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case. |
| 8/30/1903 | Bhagwati Charan Varma was born. |
| 3/31/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous). |
| 2/21/1987 | Pakistan President Gen. Zia visits India. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 10/31/1997 | Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
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