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Historical Event on 8/8/1911
Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.

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8/23/1994	Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan possessed a nuclear bomb and warned that an attack by India could start a nuclear war in Pakistan.
1/17/1989	Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
8/15/1994	Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies.
7/29/1988	Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
12/3/1991	Lok Sabha question hour telecast at 7.15 a.m for the first time .
5/9/1996	Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
8/4/1914	Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.
12/7/1992	Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
12/7/1992	Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India.
12/12/1965	Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras.

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Historical Event on 8/8/1911 Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.

Historical Event on 8/8/1911
Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.