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Historical Event on 11/8/1988

Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
7/8/1985Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
3/11/1971Indira Gandhi wins majority in Parliament.
8/21/1931Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.
6/27/1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away.