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Historical Event on 11/8/1988
Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1994 | India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF. |
| 1/26/1926 | V. G. Kanitkar, famous Marathi literatteur, was born. |
| 10/4/1972 | Raman Vijayan, Indian soccer (Football) player, was born in Kandramanikam at Pasumpon, Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/14/1993 | Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 7/1/1955 | Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India. |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 1/1/1965 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"". |
| 1/1/1965 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
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