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Historical Event on 8/8/1923

Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
2/17/1976Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.