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Historical Event on 12/31/1988

Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
5/17/1997Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.