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Historical Event on 8/8/1967

Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1942George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta.
4/15/1942Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
5/29/1933Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.