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Historical Event on 8/7/1998
The Government announces a banking and foreign exchange package for development of the information technology and software industry following the recommendations of the National Task Force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 3/20/1951 | Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar. |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 8/15/1950 | Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives. |
| 6/21/1997 | Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore. |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/14/1992 | The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K. |
| 11/7/2000 | The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 8/2/1980 | Ramshankar Baij, great sculptor, died. |
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