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Historical Event on 8/8/1948

Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.
4/10/1955India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
7/6/1960The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960.
10/29/1920Jamia Milliya Islamia was founded by Dr. Jakir Husain and his collegues at Aligarh. 'Khilafat' and the Non- Cooperation Movement were an integral part of policy animating.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.