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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

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Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1986First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.
2/2/1965Government sanction was accorded to the Officers Training School for the start of Short Service Regular Commission.
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.