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Historical Event on 12/8/1985
The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
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| 8/3/1984 | Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives. |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
| 10/17/1920 | Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji. |
| 9/27/1972 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore. |
| 1/17/1925 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 7/10/1971 | Kochin University was established in Kerala. |
| 9/16/2000 | Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 6/18/1979 | Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset. |
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