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Historical Event on 3/8/1948
Air India International was established for overseas services.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 8/15/1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal. |
| 2/5/1986 | Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/30/1974 | India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban. |
| 1/10/1693 | Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest. |
| 1/6/1948 | Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir. |
| 3/25/1931 | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 1/2/1973 | General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall. |
| 1/16/1996 | Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
| 2/6/1939 | Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away. |
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