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Historical Event on 11/8/1988

Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
8/8/1936Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
10/19/1954Nehru and Mao meet in Peking.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.