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Historical Event on 8/7/1999

A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
1/12/1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
5/21/1973Mohan Kumarmangalam, Central Minister, passed away in an air crash near Delhi.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
8/17/1997I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.