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Historical Event on 8/7/1947

BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
12/3/1970Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar.
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
8/20/1997Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder.
4/18/1926Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.
5/20/1964P. T. Usha, famous sprinter, was born.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.