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Historical Event on 8/7/1947

BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1953Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away.
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
9/6/1995Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
6/11/1901Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
1/16/1938Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away.
6/25/1945Lord Vevil talk to the Indian political leaders.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.