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Historical Event on 2/8/1989

Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
8/12/1996Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
9/17/1997Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.
7/31/1964Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC retired from the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
1/19/1910Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born.