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Historical Event on 2/8/1986

Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
12/11/1963Kewalam Madhav Panikkar, veteran politician and famous historian, passed away.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
3/21/1982Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
12/3/1991Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
1/16/1999Ritwick Bhattacharya (Delhi) and Mekhala Subedar (Maharashtra) won the men's and women's titles in the National squash championship in Calcutta.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.