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Historical Event on 8/8/1955
Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/1882 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.). |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
| 12/19/2000 | The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case. |
| 10/27/1907 | Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family. |
| 10/18/1996 | Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao. |
| 10/18/1992 | 1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away. |
| 9/11/1889 | Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/28/1999 | The Vajpayee Government seeks support on major economic issues during the winter session at Parliament. |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
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