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Historical Event on 7/8/1972
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 10/27/1926 | Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar |
| 9/24/1999 | India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam. |
| 10/16/1896 | Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
| 4/21/1997 | Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal. |
| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 3/11/1990 | Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away. |
| 4/13/1947 | Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established. |
| 12/25/1946 | Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"". |
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