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Historical Event on 8/9/1998
India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 3/3/1990 | JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan. |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 11/27/1778 | Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 11/2/1999 | BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats. |
| 5/19/1969 | Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless. |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
| 1/3/1952 | India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization. |
| 12/25/1924 | Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. |
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