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Historical Event on 7/8/1988
More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/20/1977 | General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India. |
| 8/6/1998 | The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force. |
| 10/23/1934 | Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress. |
| 10/23/1934 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra. |
| 5/31/1995 | Statute Bill, a constitutional amendment bill, introduced in Lok Sabha to extend reservation in jobs and in promotion for SCs and STs. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 2/11/1993 | Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25. |
| 3/26/1999 | Indian Airlines regained the National hockey men's title in Hyderabad. |
| 4/26/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 12/11/1929 | Subhash Pandharinath ""Fergie"" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner), was born in Bom |
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