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Historical Event on 4/8/1998

India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
5/22/1953Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Darjeeling and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand were the first to conquer the Mount Everest (World).
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
1/23/1809Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa.
8/14/1987A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
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