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Historical Event on 07/08/1497
Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/1/1930 | First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune. |
| 9/17/1937 | Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 8/14/1942 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts. |
| 10/15/1946 | Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 7/17/1903 | Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born. |
| 9/29/1991 | Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away. |
| 1/3/1966 | Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana. |
| 7/21/1994 | The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states. |
| 8/4/1923 | Nagpur University started working. |
| 6/1/1980 | AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu Assembly election; Congress (I) wins in U.P, M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Orissa. |
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