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Historical Event on 7/8/1988

More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1773James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
4/15/1658Raja Jaswant Singh was defeated at Dharmat. He was sent by Shahjahan and Dara Shukoh to resist Aurangzeb's advance towards Agra.
10/12/1961Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.