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Historical Event on 8/8/1991
India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1914 | The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 9/14/1910 | Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 6/10/1890 | Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday. |
| 12/26/1991 | Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India. |
| 10/1/1990 | Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 3/19/1936 | Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born. |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
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