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Historical Event on 3/8/1948
Air India International was established for overseas services.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/30/1958 | Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody. |
| 7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
| 12/16/1867 | Amy Carmichael, Scotch Irish missionary, was born. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid during her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from the Hindus. |
| 4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
| 7/12/1980 | Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha. |
| 6/18/1993 | The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva. |
| 6/8/1992 | 55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections. |
| 6/3/1901 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam. |
| 1/5/1957 | Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force. |
| 8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
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