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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1991 | Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore. |
| 9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/30/1943 | Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 4/29/1957 | The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India. |
| 1/15/1956 | Erach Jahangir Sorabji Taraporewala, famous Indian language expert, passed away. |
| 2/4/1973 | India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation. |
| 7/31/1974 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974. |
| 12/23/1993 | PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore. |
| 10/13/1999 | Chandrababu Naidu, TDP leader, said that his party would support the NDA Government unconditionally. |
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