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Historical Event on 8/7/1988
N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/12/1998 | India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur. |
| 5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
| 1/10/1993 | 24th International Film Festival of India opens in New Delhi. |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
| 2/16/1927 | Rail service started between India and Nepal. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 7/1/1996 | RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%. |
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