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Historical Event on 7/8/1930
The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1999 | The Vajpayee Government resigns after it loses the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote - 269 to 270. |
| 1/25/1989 | Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 6/7/1979 | Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 12/23/1900 | Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 6/5/1997 | Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal. |
| 10/16/1999 | Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). |
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