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Historical Event on 3/8/1998

Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1993West Bengal Governor Dr. Nurul Hasan, 72, died.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
6/5/1973Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
7/24/1999Om Prakash Chautala is sworn in the Chief Minister of Haryana, and will seek trust vote on July 27.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
2/17/1883Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden.