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Historical Event on 8/8/1967

Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
1/28/1950Supreme Court of India was inaugurated.
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
7/6/1939Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore.