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Historical Event on 7/8/1985

Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
12/17/1830Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
12/10/1985A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 30-04-1987.
11/30/2000CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.
3/29/1992Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
5/29/1915Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P.