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Historical Event on 7/8/1985

Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1905Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born.
9/1/1998Tatas withdraw their Rs. 1,475-crore proposal to operate an airline with foreign equity participation in the domestic sector.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
1/27/1967Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
1/27/1967Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away.
4/23/1913Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.