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Historical Event on 8/7/1985

Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1985Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
7/16/1969Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
4/20/1888246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
12/28/2000India, Israel deal on Phalcon AWACS planes put on hold, pending change of guard in the U.S.