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Historical Event on 7/7/1998

India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
10/6/1862Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862.
5/30/1999India rejects U.N. offer to send a special envoy to defuse Indo-Pak tensions.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
5/4/1993Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
12/3/1790Lord Cornwallis took away the regulation power from Nawab Murshidabad and Sadar Nizamat was removed from Adalat in Calcutta.