Historical Events on February 8.

1.  1785, 8th Feb: Warren Hastings, who was the Governor-General from 1774 to 1785, left India.

2.  1849, 8th Feb: The Roman Republic was formed.

3.  1872, 8th Feb: Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was killed by a prisoner named Sher Ali in the Andaman Islands.

4.  1899, 8th Feb: Ganesh Shankar Dravid and Ramchandra Shankar Dravid, who told the British government the names of the Chafekar brothers who killed W. C. Rand, were shot dead by Vasudev Chafekar and Mahadev Ranade.

5.  1905, 8th Feb: Ten thousand people died due to the severe cyclonic storm that struck Haiti and its surrounding islands.

6.  1943, 8th Feb: Freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left for Japan via a ferry from Kell, Germany.

7.  1986, 8th Feb: Prepaid taxi service started for the first time at Delhi Airport.

8.  1994, 8th Feb: Cricketer Kapil Dev cracked Richard Headley’s world record for highest wickets in Test matches with 432 wickets.

9.  2000, 8th Feb: The government of Maharashtra decided to celebrate Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s birth anniversary on 19th February.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 8.

1.  1700: Daniel Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician, and physicist.

2.  1828: Jules Verne, a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

3.  1834: Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist, and inventor.

4.  1897: Zakir Husain, an Indian economist, politician, and the third President of India.

5.  1941: Jagjit Singh, an Indian ghazal singer.

6.  1925: Shobha Gurtu, an Indian singer.

7.  1963: Mohammad Azharuddin, an Indian politician, a former cricketer.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 8.

1.  1725: Peter the Great, the emperor of Russia.

2.  1971: K. Munshi, an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer, and educationist from the Gujarat state. 

3.  1975: Robert Robinson, a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate.

4.  1995: Kalpana Datta, an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the armed independence movement led by Surya Sen

8-February-1785

Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.

8-February-1872

Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands.

8-February-1881

Faiyaj Khan, famous Indian classical singer, was born.

8-February-1897

Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

8-February-1907

Madhavravji Golwalkar, sarsanghchalak of 'Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh' (RSS), was born.

8-February-1912

Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.

8-February-1921

Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.

8-February-1936

Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.

8-February-1936

Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.

8-February-1943

Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine.

8-February-1948

Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.

8-February-1959

The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President.

8-February-1967

Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.

8-February-1971

Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.

8-February-1971

Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, writer, administrator, leader and founder of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, died.

8-February-1985

P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.

8-February-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).

8-February-1986

For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.

8-February-1989

Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

8-February-1993

India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.

8-February-1994

Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.

8-February-1994

Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.

8-February-1995

Mulayam Singh wins the crucial vote of strength.

8-February-1999

Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.