Vancouver, Surrey Indian Community - BCIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/8/1990

Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
5/17/1992Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
6/11/2000Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa.
3/28/1994Leaders attack trade protectionism.
4/23/1928Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.