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Historical Event on 2/8/1993

India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.
4/2/1993MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.
9/29/1998ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg).
3/29/1998The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.