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Historical Event on 8/9/1998

India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
3/20/1970Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj.
2/11/1998Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
5/21/1973Mohan Kumarmangalam, Central Minister, passed away in an air crash near Delhi.
1/1/1975Shankarrao Vasudev Kirloskar, famous iindustrialist, died.
5/7/1861Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.