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Historical Event on 8/7/1985
Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1957 | Copyright Act was passed. |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 6/1/1874 | East India Company was dissolved. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 6/17/1913 | Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died. |
| 9/13/1928 | Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away. |
| 1/6/1948 | Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir. |
| 1/12/1993 | Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested. |
| 1/12/1993 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India. |
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