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Historical Event on 7/8/1954

Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/18/1961Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India.
1/14/1999At least 51 persons are killed and several injured in a stampede at a hilltop at Pampa on the foothills of Sabarimala in Kerala.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
7/12/1994India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
2/22/1854Kawasji Nanabhai Dawar started the first Cloth Mill namely 'Bombay Spinning Mills'.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.