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Historical Event on 8/7/1871

Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
12/16/1951Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
5/31/1998B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad.
1/6/1953Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew.
10/27/1992Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.
9/23/1990World Bank clears Rs.1,200 crore aid for Sarovar Dam rejecting objections raised by environmental groups.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.