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Events for March 8
Events for March 8
| 8-March-1535 | Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor. |
| 8-March-1673 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala. |
| 8-March-1833 | Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 8-March-1864 | Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912. |
| 8-March-1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 8-March-1930 | Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India. |
| 8-March-1941 | Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away. |
| 8-March-1948 | Air India International was established for overseas services. |
| 8-March-1957 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away. |
| 8-March-1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
| 8-March-1986 | L.K. Advani elected President of BJP. |
| 8-March-1995 | Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died. |
| 8-March-1997 | G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress. |
| 8-March-1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 8-March-1999 | The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day. |
| 8-March-2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
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