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Historical Event on 11/8/1988

At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
9/22/1979Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship.
5/28/1907Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
6/30/1930George Fernandes, worker's leader and politician, was born.