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Historical Event on 7/8/1914
Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1975 | D.K. Barooah elected Congress President. |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
| 6/5/1929 | S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/9/1904 | Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab . |
| 4/17/1997 | Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died. |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 8/2/1994 | Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions. |
| 6/30/1966 | Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967. |
| 2/4/1953 | Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva. |
| 7/23/1898 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born. |
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