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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/27/1999 | BJP recaptures the Jaipur Civic body posts by winning 49 out of 70 seats. |
12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
5/2/1922 | Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
5/18/1932 | Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations. |
10/17/1999 | Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
6/8/1999 | ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively. |
9/18/1803 | Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India. |
11/5/1996 | United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I). |
9/2/1992 | Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away. |
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