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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 |
| 11/2/1774 | Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India. |
| 1/25/1932 | Rammanohar Vishnunarayan Tripathi, great social worker and political leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 8/5/1921 | Malhi Govind, modern Sindhi novelist, was born. |
| 5/1/1996 | P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
| 5/31/1977 | Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak. |
| 5/31/1977 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 4/19/1950 | Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet. |
| 9/11/1906 | Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
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