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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
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
10/13/1998Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department.
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
10/5/1949A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.