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Historical Event on 9/8/1933

Asha Bhosle (born Asha Mangeshkar), famous playback singer, was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1897Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll).
2/4/1938Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.
11/16/1983Kapil Dev took 9-83 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad. India still lost the game.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
5/13/2000Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
7/10/1991C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.