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Historical Event on 11/8/1988

Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".