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Historical Event on 8/9/1965

Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).

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3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
12/25/1954Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
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12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
9/3/1993Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
1/1/1985Doordarshan starts Malayalam telecast from Trivandrum.