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Historical Event on 2/8/1999

Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
10/17/19037th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
3/11/1795Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.