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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
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
5/26/1946Gandhiji considers 'Plan' the best document produced by British Government under the circumstances.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
10/1/1967Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
9/28/1965India-Pakistan hostility erupts into a war lead by Pakistan.