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Historical Event on 8/8/1968

Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
3/29/1849Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
11/17/1994Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
9/10/1915Jatindranath Mukhrjee, great revolutionary, died after being wounded in a pitched battle between the revolutionaries and the police, aided by an army unit, in Balasore.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.