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Historical Event on 2/8/1994
Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/13/1830 | Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Alexander Duff, in 1921 Scottish Church College, General Assembly s Institution was established with only five students, where teaching of the Bible took an important part. |
| 2/22/1994 | Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport. |
| 2/28/1987 | The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 11/23/1991 | Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule. |
| 3/19/1982 | President's rule in Assam. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 2/22/1997 | India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0. |
| 7/31/2000 | The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission. |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
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