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Historical Event on 8/7/1871

Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
10/24/1938Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
12/28/1930Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.