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Historical Event on 8/7/1980
Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1995 | 25 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief. |
| 1/30/1991 | Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/24/1858 | Kunwar Singh, revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, passed away. He fought his last battle near Jagdishpur, Bihar on April 23, 1858 and defeated the Britishers but was deeply wounded. He also organised the national rebels. |
| 2/18/1946 | Cabinet Mission in India. |
| 10/28/1627 | Jahangir, Mughal emperor, weak from asthma and no food, died at Bhimghar near Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara (Lahore) on the banks of the Ravi. During his last days, he remained in the custody of Aurangzeb. ( 28/10 or 7/11). |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
| 11/8/1960 | Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan. |
| 8/18/1920 | Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding. |
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