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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
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
2/28/1989S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
1/28/1894Anandibai Prabhakar Jayawant, famous Hindi writer, was born at Baroda.
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.