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Historical Event on 7/8/1928
Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/3/1991 | About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India. |
7/15/1991 | The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained. |
7/4/1922 | Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Hyderabad. |
4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
12/14/1998 | The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres. |
6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
4/7/1962 | Umrigar slams 172* vs WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes. |
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