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Historical Event on 8/8/1923

Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
12/14/1864Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born.
6/6/1935Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born.
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
6/8/1998A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.