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Historical Event on 7/8/1930

The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1969Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
8/1/1920Kirloskar, monthly magzine, was published.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
1/22/1877Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.