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Historical Event on 8/7/1871

Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
5/14/1972Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border reported.