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Historical Event on 8/9/1998

India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
6/23/1895Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
7/4/1997Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
3/9/1931Karansingh, politician, was born.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.