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Historical Event on 2/8/1785

Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1934Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
6/3/1999Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa is handed over by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Indian High Commissioner inside the High Commission premises.
9/23/1858Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
6/9/1998Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.