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Historical Event on 8/8/1955

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1688Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites).
7/12/1823First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
11/18/1988Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
8/17/1996CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.