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Historical Event on 3/8/1864
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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 11/16/1962 | Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war. |
| 1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
| 12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
| 8/17/1947 | The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence. |
| 9/5/1998 | University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike. |
| 4/24/1995 | K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha. |
| 1/6/1942 | Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world. |
| 11/11/1998 | V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
| 10/18/1928 | Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India), was born in Ahmedabad. |
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