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Historical Event on 1/7/1987

Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
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1/22/1886Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
10/12/1997India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.