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Historical Event on 2/8/1986
For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 5/25/1999 | The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil. |
| 3/14/1999 | Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta. |
| 3/18/1996 | President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces. |
| 9/28/1954 | 137 people were killed when an Express Train fell from a flood-damaged bridge near East of Hydrabad. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 4/14/1891 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji 'Babasaheb' Ambedkar, India's great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
| 1/31/1998 | D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98). |
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