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Historical Event on 2/8/1986

For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
7/6/1955Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
10/19/1967Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light.
4/2/1993MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.