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Historical Event on 8/8/1967
Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/1993 | The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns. |
| 3/10/2000 | Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 3/16/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home. |
| 10/13/1999 | No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
| 6/29/1966 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 9/28/1837 | Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
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