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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
6/2/1990Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
9/24/1999The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.
4/24/1959Nehru meets the exiled Dalai Lama in Mussoorie.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
6/18/1995The latest deaths in northern India's hottest weather this century bring the death toll to 525 as temperatures hit 113¦F (45¦C) in New Delhi.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.