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Historical Event on 8/9/1902
King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/31/1913 | Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk. |
| 7/19/1969 | Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance. |
| 2/10/1943 | Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3. |
| 1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 3/16/1860 | Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia. |
| 3/25/1987 | Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections . |
| 8/21/1955 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, noted critic of Gujarati literature, poet and story writer, passed away. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 2/23/1998 | BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district. |
| 8/1/1988 | Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991. |
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