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Historical Event on 7/8/1991

25 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
4/15/1874Tryambak Sitaram Karkhanis, founder of `Maharashtra Natak Mandali', was born.
6/27/2000Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
4/4/1932Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni alias ""Bapu Nadkarni"", cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68), was born in Nasik, Maharashtra.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
4/22/1840James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
8/3/1900Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born.
5/12/1930R. H. Tahiliyani, former Navy Chief of India Admiral, was born.