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Historical Event on 7/7/1917

Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
9/9/1944Mahatma Gandhi conducted several talks between 9th September to 27the September with Mohammed Ali Jinnah regarding Pakistan.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
4/18/1959Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.).
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
8/15/1918Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born.
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.