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Historical Event on 7/8/1988

More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, was born.
12/8/1996Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.)
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.