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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
1/23/1960Laxmi Narayan Garde, famous journalist related to ""Venkateshwar Samachar"", ""Bangawasi"", ""Bharat Mitra"" and ""Navjeevan"" newspapers, passed away.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
9/17/1934Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
10/23/1992The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.
9/7/1906Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.
6/28/1921Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.
8/17/1944Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.