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Historical Event on 8/8/1991

India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
5/1/1879Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
3/30/1977Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party.
12/9/1997Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.
1/29/1780Hicky's Bengal Gazette, the first news paper in India, was published in English in Calcutta .
1/29/1780Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.