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Historical Event on 2/8/1985

P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1995India and France sign Bilateral Investment Protection pact.
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
11/10/1968Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
11/1/1996K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
8/10/1989Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.