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Historical Event on 8/8/1949

India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
1/3/1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
7/3/1936Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match.
1/5/1990Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team.
7/27/1949Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir.