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Historical Event on 8/7/1906

First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.

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9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
8/6/1991Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
8/18/1958Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died.
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
10/18/1879Branch of 'Theosophical Panth' established in India.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.