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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 |
| 9/13/1997 | India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 9/14/1967 | US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 11/27/1778 | Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon. |
| 3/14/1883 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, died in London. |
| 10/30/1997 | Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin. |
| 11/29/1869 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
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