9 August - Day in History of India and Importance

Quit India Day



1747 -English sent Admiral Boscawen to India and he landed at Fort St. David on 9 August 1747.
ref: Charles Macfarlane

1942 -Quit India Movement started
http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/activities/quit_india.htm
Quit India Resolution and Movement

Subhash Chandra Bose formed Indian National Army


2000 - Parliament approved Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Bill.

2012 -Bharat Parikrama yatra started by Sitaram Kedilaya, RSS Akhil Bharat Seva Pramukh. He will walk 15000 kms at 10 km a day and complete the parikrama in 5 years - 2012-2017.
http://guide-india.blogspot.in/2013/08/bharat-parikrama-yatra-sitaram-kedilaya.html

Slogan of the yatra: “Know Bharat, Become Bharat, Make Bharat the World’s Teacher"
The yatra began from Kanyakumari.

2016

Name of Village in Bhavra was changed to Azad Nagar (Birth place of Chandra Sekhar Azad)
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Birthdays

9 - Smt. Sarika Devendra Singh Baghel -  Lok Sabha Member - RLD - Haryana, Mahesh Babu,

http://www.indianage.com/0809.html

Updated 9 August 2016, 31 August 2014