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Historical Event on 11/8/1948
Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1764 | The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro. |
| 9/29/2000 | India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 12/30/1935 | Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK. |
| 5/30/1950 | Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away. |
| 7/23/1904 | The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains. |
| 5/10/1999 | Tamil Nadu Government withdraws the controversial Prevention of Terrorist Activities (POTA) Bill. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
| 11/8/1919 | Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 1/3/1917 | Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born. |
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