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Historical Event on 7/8/1954

Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
1/14/1980Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.