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Historical Event on 8/8/1972

Olympics open at Munich (26).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
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3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
5/1/1999India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.
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4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.