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Historical Event on 8/7/1999
A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/7/1997 | Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
| 7/23/1927 | Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India. |
| 7/18/1994 | Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 2/16/1905 | Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 1/20/1957 | South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports. |
| 2/1/1942 | Lt Col HT Hogan raised the Regiment at Malir Cantonment. |
| 7/28/1912 | Ramchandra Gondo Ginde, famous neuro surgeon, was born. |
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