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Historical Event on 8/7/1980
Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1980 | Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 2/6/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
| 2/26/1887 | Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950. |
| 8/7/1871 | Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta. |
| 2/5/1992 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. |
| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 5/27/1930 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 5/11/1999 | Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down. |
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