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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 |
| 11/8/1988 | Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 8/1/2000 | The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State. |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 6/25/1994 | Dinsha Pirosha Madan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, died. |
| 12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
| 5/20/1991 | General Election (10th) of India begins. |
| 2/23/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/1/1992 | Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 8/29/1928 | Hiralal Ghisulal Gaikwad, cricket all-rounder who played the only test vs Pakistan, was born in Nagpur. |
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