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Historical Event on 8/9/1969

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
4/23/1913Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.