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Historical Event on 8/7/1985

Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1934Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.
3/12/1996Election Commission rejects claim by Indira Congress as the real Congress. The 'hand' symbol will remain with Indian National Congress headed by PVN Rao.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
2/14/1901Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.