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Historical Event on 7/8/1991

25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
3/31/1930Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva.
11/16/2000The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
1/27/1988The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.