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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 |
| 11/3/1900 | Sagarmal Gopa, freedom fighter, was born. |
| 7/1/1991 | Rupee devalued by 8.5\%. |
| 2/9/1898 | The Rower of Persia', a short film produced at Calcutta was released on February 9 at Star Theatre, Calcutta. |
| 1/18/1998 | India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka. |
| 9/22/1687 | Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom. |
| 10/20/1997 | Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days. |
| 5/1/1972 | All fuel coal mines were nationalised. |
| 4/28/1936 | Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born. |
| 4/2/1997 | A division bench of Mumbai High Court holds that a married woman of a joint Hindu family can stake a claim to her father's property. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
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