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Historical Event on 8/8/1967
Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/1959 | Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away. |
| 6/20/1946 | Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June. |
| 8/1/1955 | Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P. |
| 12/25/1974 | Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome. |
| 3/9/1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
| 6/24/1928 | Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 1/16/1996 | Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
| 1/16/1996 | Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler. |
| 11/14/1681 | East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency. |
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