8th July 2022 Importance of the Day
Highlights of July 8:
17 – Vasco da Gama begins his first voyage from Europe to India.
19 – After the fall of Gwalior Fort, Lord Canning declares peace.
1914 – The Montagu-Chelmsford Report is published to amend the Indian Constitution.
18
– Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurates the largest canal on the
Bhakra Nangal Hydroelectric Project on the Sutlej River.
14 – Thousands of temples are destroyed and lives and property are badly damaged in the Bagan earthquake in Myanmar.
19 – Shimaki Mukai becomes Japan’s first female astronaut.
19 – Papua New Guinea (Pacific) Prime Minister Bill Scott resigns.
2005 – South Africa abolishes quota system for black cricketers.
2005 – A plane crash in Sudan kills 116 people.
2005 – Group of Seven countries agree on the issue of climate change.
2005 – The Paris government proposes to grant honorary citizenship to controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen.
2013
– Catastrophic floods in Assam kill more than 200 wild animals,
including 12 rhinos, in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park.
Persons born on July 8:
19 – Sourav Ganguly – Captain of the Indian cricket team.
13 – Neetu Singh – Hindi film actress.
13 – Gegong Apang – was an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh.
12 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy was a politician of the Indian National Congress who was the 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
13 – Giriraj Kishore – Famous Hindi novelist, strong storyteller, playwright and critic.
1919 – Jyoti Basu – Indian Marxist politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal.
1917 – Banarasi Das – Indian freedom fighter.
12 – P.S. Kumaraswamy Raja – was a politician of the Indian National Congress.
Died July 5:
2015 – M. like this. Jacob – Indian National Congress politician.
2005 – Chandrasekhar Singh – 11th Prime Minister of India.
