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Historical Event on 07/08/1497
Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
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| 10/2/1975 | Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras. |
| 11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
| 2/25/1992 | Railway budget proposes 20\% hike in upper class passenger fares. |
| 10/25/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN. |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 6/2/1993 | Kurla-Kochi Express rams into goods train near Jolarpet in which 22 were killed and 100 injured. |
| 5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 2/25/1927 | Balkrishna Buwa Echalkaranjikar, father of `Khyal Gayaki', passed away. |
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