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Historical Event on 3/8/1986

L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/2000India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
5/1/1879Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
2/7/1931Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
4/2/2000Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.