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Historical Event on 2/8/1881

Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
10/6/1992Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.