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Historical Event on 7/8/1972
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
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| 6/5/1996 | United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced. |
| 5/31/1947 | Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection. |
| 12/23/1919 | King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 11/11/1888 | Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 6/6/1986 | Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
| 10/21/1997 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
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