Today Importance - 8th September

Today Importance - 8th September

8-September-1790

Lord Edward Ellenborough, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.

8-September-1887

Swami Siv Ananda, (1887–1963), religious leader, Hindu universal revival guru, author of 200 books and founder of the Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamdai in Tirunelveli district.

8-September-1897

Lokmanya Tilak accused in anti-national activities case.

8-September-1910

Sadako Shri Gajanan Maharaj passed away.

8-September-1911

The great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist Anand Gopal was born in Saucer, Madhya Pradesh.

8-September-1933

Famous playback singer Asha Bhosle (born Asha Mangeshkar) was born in Singly, Maharashtra.

8-September-1947

India and Pakistan had little time to celebrate independence as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed by fear. When Muslims and Hindus fight to the death, the mob goes berserk and turns the streets into rivers of blood.

8-September-1951

The office of the Controller of Military Accounts (Pension) was re-designated as CDA (P), Allahabad.

8-September-1952

The Copyright Bill was signed during the first World Conference of 35 countries including India in Geneva.

8-September-1953

Kashmir Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was shot dead.

8-September-1960

Prominent Lok Sabha member Feroze Gandhi passed away in New Delhi.

8-September-1962

Chinese troops crossed the McMahon Line (Tibetan-Indian border) and entered India's northeastern border. This was the first incident of Chinese infiltration.

8-September-1965

After repulsing the southernmost divisional attack by the 4th Mountain Division, Pakistan began its campaign into Indian Punjab using its 1st Armored Division with the aim of preventing India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line. .

8-September-1972

Vijay Singh Chauhan created a decathlon record by scoring 7378/7306 points in Munich.

8-September-1982

Former Chief Minister of Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, who dominated the political scene in Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, has passed away. He was 77 years old.

8-September-1990

Mother Teresa was again elected head of the Missionaries of Charity.

8-September-1991

ONGC engineer T.S. taken hostage Amnesty International member Raju and mediator Vipul Mahanta were killed by ULFA in Assam.

8-September-1993

The Andhra Cabinet was reshuffled with the removal of four MLAs and induction of 16 new faces.

8-September-1993

The Mandal Commission's recommendations implemented 27% job reservation for backward classes; Remove the 'creamy' layer.

8-September-1995

Hariharan Singh Brar took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab.

8-September-1997

English has been chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was jointly established by the southern states in Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh).

8-September-2000

Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, an Indian maize breeder, and Mexican grain chemist Dr. Evangelina Villegas were jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for decades of scientific research to produce quality protein maize for developing countries.