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Historical Event on 8/7/1985

Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
5/1/1947Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
10/20/1962The first IAFunit No. 2 squadron re-equipped with the Gnat at Ambalan and No.9 squadron soon followed suit.
3/10/1873Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
10/23/1996Shankarsinh Waghela (Mahagujarat Janata party), new chief minister, sworn in at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.