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Historical Event on 7/8/1958

Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1997Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum.
10/21/1906Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.
10/31/1975Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.