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Historical Event on 2/8/1971

Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.

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5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
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10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.