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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 |
| 6/23/1761 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
| 7/5/1994 | Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala. |
| 11/29/1989 | Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India. |
| 4/5/1663 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories. |
| 1/19/1982 | Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns. |
| 3/23/1940 | All India Muslim League passed resolution for the formation of Muslim homeland i.e. Pakistan. |
| 11/9/1992 | Chandralekha resigns from IAS and joins Tamizhaga Wellatchi Iyyakkam (Tamil Movement for Good Government) led by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy. |
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