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Historical Event on 8/2/1988

The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
12/7/2000A five-member ULFA group guns down 26 non-Assamese people, mostly Hindi and Bengali-speaking, at Sonpura near Arunachal Pradesh Border in Upper Assam.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
5/9/1907Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal.
10/1/1903Sachindev Burman (S. D. Burman), famous film music director, was born.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.