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Historical Event on 2/8/1989

Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
1/17/1908Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
6/18/1633Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died.
8/27/1870Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji.
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.