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Historical Event on 8/8/1990

Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
10/30/2000The 160-page CBI's report on cricket match-fixing names Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and former physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani for their deep-rooted nexus with betting syndicates. It virtually gives a clean chit to Kapil Dev.
7/4/1899Vishnuprasad Ranchhoddas Trivedi, famous critic in Gujrati, educationist and author, was born at Umreth, Gujarat .
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
6/8/1915P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born.
6/8/1915Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.