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Historical Event on 7/8/1988

More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
1/14/1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
4/17/1675Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
8/15/1979Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.
10/1/1990Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations.