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Historical Event on 7/8/1914

Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
3/1/1985Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi.
12/12/1999R. K. Raghavan, CBI Director, said the agency will be ready for probe again in Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
11/6/1937Yashwant BipinBihari Sinha was born in Patna (Bihar).
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
11/22/1991Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.