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Historical Event on 7/8/1991

25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1937Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
2/13/1879Sarojini Naidu ""Nightingale of India"", was born at Hyderabad. She was the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also holds a place of pride among the women freedom fighters of India. She presided over the Kanpur session of Indian National Congress and took active part in Salt Satyagraha and represented Indian women in Round Table Conference, London, 1931.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.