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Historical Event on 7/8/1954
Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/11/1997 | 10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 6/18/1858 | Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior. |
| 9/26/1946 | Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell. |
| 11/12/1929 | First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur. |
| 3/9/1996 | India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad. |
| 10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
| 3/12/1988 | Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away. |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 2/20/1987 | Lok Dal splits over leadership issue. |
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