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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 3/11/1863 | Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik. |
| 6/27/1906 | Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'. |
| 10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/1/1889 | Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born. |
| 2/9/1946 | Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours. |
| 11/1/1950 | First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out. |
| 2/11/1980 | Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away. |
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