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Historical Event on 11/8/1988
At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
4/15/1992 | Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal. |
12/27/1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru hoists the national flag at the All India National Congress session held in Lahore. They resolved for ""Purna Swaraj"" (complete independence) on the instance of Gandhiji, the Viceroy of India that time was Lord Irwin. |
2/10/1806 | Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Kainakary , Kerala. |
9/18/1992 | M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87. |
8/8/1966 | India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty. |
4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
9/25/1984 | Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete. |
11/15/1991 | Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant. |
8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
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