Detroit Indian Community - DetroitIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/8/1990

Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
7/20/1911Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
3/30/1923New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.
3/30/1923Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
9/19/2000India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US.