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Historical Event on 12/8/1985

The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1988Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away.
12/24/1993Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
10/28/1999The Delhi High Court stays TRAI's plan to introduce free incoming calls on mobile phones from November 1.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
12/14/1962Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".