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Historical Event on 2/8/1989

Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1780Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
1/10/1959Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
10/17/1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.
10/17/1949Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
7/22/1998India's 4x100m quartet of Saraswati Dey, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha and Rachita Mistry win gold in the Asian Athletic championships at Fukuoka.
5/24/2000The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi.