8-July-1497 Vasco da Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . 8-July-1888 Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born. 8-July-1907 Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. 8-July-1914 Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. 8-July-1930 The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London. 8-July-1954 pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated BHAKRA+NANGAL DAM ONE OF THE HIGHEST GRAVITY DAM IN THE WORLD (741 FEET) COMPARED TO TEHRI DAM(855 ft), HOOVER DAM (743 FEET) at Punjab. 8-July-1971 Krishnarao Arkgudun, versatile Kannad author, died. 8-July-1972 Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. 8-July-1985 Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. 8-July-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. 8-July-1991 25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan. 8-July-1996 T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award. 8-July-1996 Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996). 8-July-1996 U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections. 8-July-1997 33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab. 8-July-1999 The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay. 8-July-2013 Indian women take 4x400m relay gold in a sensational race, India finish sixth the 20th Asian Athletics Championships with two golds, five silvers and 10 bronzes, a much improved performance than the last edition in 2011 in Kobe, Japan where they had finished seventh with one gold, three silvers and eight bronzes.
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