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Historical Event on 7/7/1999
M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/14/1987 | A soldier in a guard of honor attacks Indian Prime Minister Gandhi with his rifle butt at Sri Lanka. |
| 12/1/2000 | An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident. |
| 1/24/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected to become the first President of India and 'Jana Gana Mana....' was accepted as the National Anthem of the country. |
| 3/5/1868 | Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatwadekar alias Save Dada, who filmed the felicitation function of Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye, was born. This film was titled as ""The Fresh Indian Regular of Cambridge University."" He was the First Short Documentary Film Maker of India. |
| 8/30/1990 | Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 5/24/1875 | Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'. |
| 8/22/1979 | Neelam Sanjeev Reddy, President of India, dissolves the sixth Lok Sabha, orders year-end general elections and asks Charan Singh to head a caretaker government. |
| 9/4/1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'. |
| 5/18/1772 | Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
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