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Historical Event on 11/8/1988
Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/2000 | The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place. |
| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 2/3/1925 | First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay. |
| 9/2/1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition. |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 6/24/1966 | Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/1/2000 | Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi. |
| 1/30/1996 | Maharashtra govt. decides to make school education free up to 10th standard. |
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