Today Importance - 8th October
8-Oct-1880
Dutch founder of the National India Party, Ernest F. E. Dues Dekker, was born.
8-Oct-1911
Former Navy Chief Ramdas Kateri was born.
8-Oct-1911
Sarobindu Nath Banerjee 'Shoot', a Test playing cricket all-rounder against the West Indies, was born in Kolkata.
8-Oct-1919
Mahatma Gandhi started publishing 'Young India'.