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Historical Event on 7/8/1914

Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
5/12/1997Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
1/21/1994India and Myanmar decide to open border trade.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.