Wilmington, Dover, Newark Indian Community - DEIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/8/1984

P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
12/14/199410 IAF personnel of the first batch were reinducted and the last batch left on 20th Dec 94. Cpl Nasir was left as a lying casualty due to injuries sustained in the RPG explosion.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
10/27/1982Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.