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Historical Event on 8/9/1969

Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1969Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
2/5/1922Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc.
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.
2/28/1994Budget with Tax Concessions of Rs.40.81 billion and a deposit of Rs.90.60 billion presented by Dr. Manmohan Singh in Parliament.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
12/7/1902Janardhan Gyanoba Navle, cricketer, India's first Test wicket-keeper, was born at Fulgaon, Maharashtra. He played against England at Lord's in 1932.
10/27/1987Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47.72, 1st-class avg 71), died.