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Historical Event on 11/8/1661

Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.

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6/22/1940Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.