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Historical Event on 8/10/1989
Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1988 | The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China. |
| 2/21/1991 | Nutan, famous film actress, died at the age of 56 years. |
| 5/15/1989 | NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
| 4/24/1959 | Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 3/21/1996 | Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 3/8/1948 | Air India International was established for overseas services. |
| 4/1/1963 | D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment. |
| 5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
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