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Historical Event on 12/8/1985
The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/5/1966 | Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent. |
| 5/26/1916 | Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 1/16/1818 | The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad. |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 11/19/1982 | 9th Asian Games started in Delhi. |
| 10/6/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 2/15/1945 | Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
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