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Historical Event on 7/8/1972
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1845 | Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay. |
| 7/24/1985 | Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab. |
| 6/25/1880 | Syed Muhammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, professor, writer and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, was born at Mustafabad village in the Rae Bareli district of U.P. |
| 1/26/1997 | Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places. |
| 7/18/1946 | U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth. |
| 2/1/1922 | Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience. |
| 4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 9/8/1962 | Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration. |
| 9/4/1996 | Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC). |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
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