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Historical Event on 8/8/1990

Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
10/10/1964Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.