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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
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
2/21/1672A French squadron under De la Haye encountered a fleet of the Dutch, who were in hostility with the French, near Cape Comorin.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.