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Historical Event on 3/8/1986
L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/6/1995 | Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants. |
5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
9/19/1911 | Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP. |
6/23/1761 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June. |
9/17/1960 | Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries. |
3/20/1997 | Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra. |
6/11/1997 | I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border. |
4/20/1989 | Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails. |
11/9/1977 | Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away. |
2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
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