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Historical Event on 8/8/1940

Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.
11/5/1996United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I).
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
2/8/1986For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
3/3/1989Gwal Pahari in Haryana switched on the solar energy centre of the first pilot 50 kilowatt solar power plant.
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