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Historical Event on 7/7/1973

78 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
2/19/1993German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President.
5/19/1982Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
10/1/1992Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.