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Historical Event on 8/8/1966
India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1966 | Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat. |
| 4/18/1898 | Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 12/16/1921 | Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 3/24/1984 | Dilraj Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada. |
| 4/8/1953 | Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
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