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Historical Event on 8/8/1911

Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1993Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
2/20/2000Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
1/20/1952Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
9/16/1973Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.