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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
6/30/1984W. R. Dhavle, editor, died.
5/13/1905Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
6/9/1752French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.