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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
3/13/1971Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
11/8/1968Jansattak Party established.
11/1/1992The Superfast Rajdhani Express train linking Bangalore and Nizamuddin (2,452 km) flagged off.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.