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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1997A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.
11/11/1921Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.