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Historical Event on 7/8/1972

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
12/11/1990Naresh Chandra was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1992
2/10/1949Pune University' established.
3/4/1995Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
9/16/1996First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.