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Historical Event on 8/7/1905
The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1933 | Gandhiji announced suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement for six weeks and called on the Government to withdraw its Ordinances. |
| 3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
| 10/9/1976 | International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
| 5/19/1980 | Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away. |
| 8/23/2000 | Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, dies of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi. |
| 8/23/2000 | While returning to his country, Timur Lung looted and destroyed Delhi and parts of North India including Hardwar, the Ganga pilgrimage town, and crossed Sindhu River. |
| 1/16/2000 | Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 3/21/1957 | India's national calender came into force. |
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