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Historical Event on 7/7/1948
Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1999 | The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area. |
| 5/18/1995 | Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act. |
| 4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 10/31/2000 | Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur. |
| 3/2/1933 | Anandji, famous music director, was born. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 12/29/1972 | Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced. |
| 4/15/1997 | Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI. |
| 10/29/1971 | Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives. |
| 9/9/1850 | Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born. |
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