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Historical Event on 7/8/1954

Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
11/11/1994The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act.
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
12/27/1977The Congress party splits into two factions, one supporting and one opposing Indira Gandhi.
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
2/12/1949Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s), was born in Bhadravati, Mysore. He received Padmashree (1971) and Arjun Award (1978).