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Historical Event on 8/8/1968

Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler), was born in Mannar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
8/19/1903Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born.
11/16/1997Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
11/1/1937Keral University established.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).