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Historical Event on 7/8/1985
Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
9/1/1668 | Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England. |
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. |
4/26/1990 | V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
3/20/1997 | Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory. |
9/29/1994 | Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic. |
8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
12/25/1763 | Suraj Mal Jat, Maharaja of Bharatpur, was killed by Najib-ud -Daulah s troops. |
9/23/1952 | Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay. |
12/11/1780 | Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay. |
8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
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