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Historical Event on 12/8/1985

The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
3/1/1997India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
5/19/1969Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.