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Historical Event on 7/7/1799

Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
10/9/1942Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail.
1/15/1921Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosle, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
5/5/1971India appeals for urgent aid for 1.8 mil. for Bangladeshi refugees in New Delhi.
1/1/1981This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year for the Disabled"".
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.