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Historical Event on 11/8/1988

At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
8/28/1733Sekhoji (Jaysingrao) Angre, famous naval officer of Maratha navy, passed away.
6/4/1993The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
5/9/1907Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal.
3/18/1944Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
11/5/1998India and Pakistan agree to continue their talks on the Tulbul navigator project on the Jhelum in Kashmir, despite differences over various provisions of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.