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Historical Event on 8/7/1906
First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.

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6/16/1950	Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
8/14/1968	Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
5/24/1992	D. R. Bhagwat, veteran journalist, passed away.
9/6/1995	Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
11/21/1971	Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
2/28/1835	Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
5/24/1956	Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
1/9/1841	John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.

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Historical Event on 8/7/1906 First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.

Historical Event on 8/7/1906
First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.