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Historical Event on 7/8/1988

More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
12/10/1967Earthquake hit Koyna Nagar.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
6/13/1992Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away.
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
11/1/1991J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary.
3/27/2000After more than two-and-a-half-years, a Delhi court resumes trial in the St. Kitts forgery case following Delhi High Court's order upholding the lower court's verdict on framing of charges.
3/12/1911Daman Div Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar, first Chief Minister of Goa, was born.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.