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Historical Event on 8/7/1941

Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc.

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12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
1/15/1899Musaffir, Giani Gurmukh Singh, writer and politician, was born at Udhwal (Pakistan).
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.