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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 4/4/1971 | Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles. |
| 1/26/1950 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962. |
| 7/27/1941 | Japanese forces land in Indo-China. |
| 7/27/1941 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 9/17/1998 | Rabri Devi, Chief Minister of Bihar, expands the Cabinet, inducting nine ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her ministry. |
| 1/19/1948 | India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York. |
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