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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 |
| 4/16/1963 | Gopal Singh Nepali, famous poet, passed away. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 3/26/1997 | Andhra Pradesh Assembly passes a Bill to amend the Prohibition Act, ending the state's 2-year experiment with total prohibition. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 12/3/1971 | Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared. |
| 5/23/1984 | Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat. |
| 12/28/1925 | Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad. |
| 10/10/1909 | Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 12/14/1946 | Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi. |
| 7/5/1946 | Ram Vilas Jamun Paswan was born in Shaharbanni, Distt. Khagaria (Bihar). |
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