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Historical Event on 7/8/1999

The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
3/9/1990Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died.
11/30/1920N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.