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Historical Event on 11/8/1988

At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1938Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
7/3/1975Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away.
1/6/1847Saint Tyagaraja, great musician, died.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.