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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 |
| 1/8/1925 | The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow. |
| 3/9/1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
| 2/25/1923 | S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala. |
| 2/8/1999 | Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi. |
| 11/16/1989 | 66 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued. |
| 2/22/1858 | Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged. |
| 9/1/1977 | M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979. |
| 9/4/1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'. |
| 5/1/1960 | Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States. |
| 7/26/1874 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born. |
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