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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1998Trishul and Akash test fired from Chandipore.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
11/21/1914Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
10/26/194627 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.