History News Desk !!! The history of February 8 is considered important because the first prepaid taxi service was launched at Delhi Airport in 1986 on this day. On 8 February 1999, the US spacecraft Stardust left from the Kennedy Space Center. On this day in 2006, 3 agreements were signed between India and South Korea in Seoul.
Important events of 8 February
1238 – Mangaalas set fire to the Russian city called Vladimir. From 1785 – 1774 to 1785, Governor General Warren Hastings left India. 1872- Sher Ali attacked the governor by attacking the governor in Andaman Jail (Cellular Jail or ‘Kalapani). 1905 – Ten thousand people died due to a tremendous cyclonic storm on Haiti and nearby islands. 1909 – The Moroccan Treaty was signed between European countries France and Germany. 1943 – Freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left for Japan through a boat from Germany. 1971 – Southern Vietnamese army attacked Laos. 1979 – America conducted nuclear tests in Nevada. 1986 – Prepaid taxi service was launched for the first time at Delhi Airport. 1994 – Cricketer Kapil Dev demolishes Richard Hadly’s world record of taking the most wickets with 432 wickets in Tests. 1999 – American spacecraft Stardust departs from Kennedy Space Center. 2002 – Four defense agreements between India and Russia concluded, aircraft carrier Gorshkov’s deal stuck. The 19th Winter Olympic Games began in Salt Lake City, USA. 2005 – Announcement of ending violence at the shame al -Sheikh (Egypt) Summit between Israel and Palestine. 2006 – Three agreements between India and South Korea in Seoul. 2007 – First Indian visit to Bhutan King. 2008- Senior scientist at Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science, Shantanu Bhattacharya to G.D. Bidala Award was awarded. Budget session of Uttar Pradesh Legislature starts. A 2500 -year -old city was found during excavation in Shishupalgarh, Orissa. John McCain was declared a Republican Party candidate in the US election for the presidential election in the US. US spacecraft Atlantis was successfully departed from Kenwal in Florida for the International Space Center ISS. 2009- Thousands of ex-servicemen, angry with the government’s indifference, returned their medals to the President. 2010- 350 soldiers of the Army’s High Altitude Warfare School were buried under the snow in an avalanche in Khilnmarg area near Srinagar. Of these, 70 soldiers were evacuated while the bodies of 11 soldiers were removed. 2014 – 15 people were killed while 130 people were injured due to fire in a hotel in Madina city of Saudi Arabia.
Person born on 8 February
1897 – Dr. Zakir Hussain (scholar, third President -India) was born. 1925 – Shobha Gurtu – Famous Indian Thumri singer 1928 – Bala Desai – Member of Gomantak Dal. 1941 – Jagjit Singh, Emperor of the world of Ghazals 1939 – James Michael Lyngdoh – twelfth ‘Chief Election Commissioner’ of India. 1951 – Ashok Chakradhar – is one of the staged poets of Hindi. 1963 – Azharuddin Mohammad – has been the world famous former cricketer of India and captain of the Indian cricket team. 1986 – Ekta Bisht Indian women’s cricketer 1881 – V.T. Krishnamachari – Indian civil servant and administrator. 1834 – Damitri Mendleev – Russian chemical scientist who prepared the periodic table.
Died on 8 February
1265 – Hulegu Khan – was the founder of ‘Ilkhani Empire’. 1971 – Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi – Great writer and educationist Bombay (now Mumbai). 1995 – Kalpana Dutt – One of the women revolutionaries struggling for freedom. 1995 – Tika Ram Paliwal – was the fourth Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
