CHANDRAYAAN-1 Nov 08, 2008 - Entry into Moon's Orbit First Moon Mission of India India became the fourth in the world to hoist its flag on the Moon Anniversary of entering the Lunar Orbit (Nov 08, 2008)
SACHIN TENDULKAR BHARAT RATNA Nov 08, 1998 On this day, he scored his ODI Century #20 (scoring 118* runs) at Sharjah against Zimbabwe Nov 08, 1999 On this day, he scored his ODI Century #24 (scoring 186* runs) at Hyderabad against New Zealand In all Sachin made 100 centuries in his cricketing career; 51 in test matches and 49 in ODIs
LAL KRISHNA ADVANI Nov 08 - Happy Birthday Former Deputy Prime Minister of India Indian politician who is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party
SITARA DEVI Nov 08 - Birth Anniversary Padma Shri - 1973 Rabindranath Tagore described her as Nritya Samragini, meaning the empress of dance
RAJA RAO Nov 08 - Birth Anniversary Sahitya Akademi Award (1964)  - Padma Bhushan (1969)  Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1988)  - Padma Vibhushan (2007)  An Indian writer of English language novels and short stories, whose works are deeply rooted in Hinduism.