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Historical Event on 3/8/1948
Air India International was established for overseas services.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 1/21/1997 | First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government. |
| 1/20/1993 | Bindeshwari Dube, former Chief Minister Bihar, passed away. |
| 4/7/1993 | Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand. |
| 5/11/1985 | Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India. |
| 11/14/1959 | Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone. |
| 10/20/1992 | Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire. |
| 6/17/1756 | Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. |
| 3/20/1951 | Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar. |
| 5/13/1998 | India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions. |
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