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Historical Event on 7/8/1888
Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1986 | Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station. |
| 1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/1/1996 | Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down. |
| 8/7/1990 | Union Cabinet approves setting up of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service. |
| 6/10/1957 | Bhai Vir Singh, great Punjabi poet, novelist, social reformer, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 11/7/1998 | The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma. |
| 1/18/1842 | Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj. |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 2/18/1931 | Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born. |
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