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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 |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
| 10/25/1990 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 6/1/1930 | Baba Adhav was born. |
| 2/25/1987 | The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1. |
| 2/21/1998 | Romesh Bhandari, U.P. Governor, dismisses the Kalyan Singh Government and inducts an 18-member ministry headed by Jagadambika Pal of the Loktantrik Congress Party. BJP moves the Allahabad High Court. BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, A. B. Vajpayee, goes on a ""fast-unto-death"". |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 2/11/1989 | Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away. |
| 11/11/1998 | India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries. |
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