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Historical Event on 7/8/1985

Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
11/9/1913Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
1/25/1957Kashmir becomes Indian state.
10/3/1890Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
5/18/1946Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission.