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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
3/16/1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
6/9/1986First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
11/18/1955Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi.
7/28/1999Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission.