What was the world like in 2008?
The biggest Hindi film of the year was Ghajini, and everyone was singing Guzarish.
What things cost in 2008.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008.
Low · Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
Love In This Club · Usher Featuring Young Jeezy
Bleeding Love · Leona Lewis
Touch My Body · Mariah Carey
Lollipop · Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
Take A Bow · Rihanna
Viva La Vida · Coldplay
I Kissed A Girl · Katy Perry
Disturbia · Rihanna
Whatever You Like · T.I.
So What · P!nk
Live Your Life · T.I. Featuring Rihanna
Womanizer · Britney Spears
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) · Beyonce
It happened in 2008.
The first IPL match is played
Abhinav Bindra wins India's first individual Olympic gold
Chandrayaan-1 launches for the Moon
If you were born in 2008, none of this existed.
The first Bitcoin is mined
The rupee gets its symbol: ₹
The first Aadhaar number is issued
Instagram launches
India wins the World Cup at the Wankhede
Mangalyaan launches for Mars
UPI is launched
Jio launches and data gets cheap
And 5 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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