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Historical Event on 7/8/1958
Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 9/15/1992 | Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked. |
| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
| 1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
| 2/1/1894 | Chitravshastri, Marathi dictionary creator, was born. |
| 10/5/1991 | Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died. |
| 2/3/1912 | Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born. |
| 12/10/1998 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London. |
| 7/9/1993 | Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300. |
| 5/28/1968 | Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name. |
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