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Historical Event on 7/8/1888
Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/14/1992 | Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar. |
| 3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
| 4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 1/12/1906 | Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born. |
| 7/3/1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away. |
| 9/27/1977 | Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 9/29/1930 | Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
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