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Historical Event on 7/8/1991

L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
1/1/1944Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died.
6/9/1949Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
12/12/1971Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
4/26/1929British fliers make a record nonstop 4,130-mile trip from London to India.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.