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Historical Event on 8/7/1988

N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1989T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
8/21/1879Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
2/18/1988Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
11/12/1959Keshavrao Marutirao Jedhe, great leader of Harijans and farmers, passed away.