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Historical Event on 8/7/1887

Kasturi Shriniwas Iyengar, politician and journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1968United Nation's Conference on Trade and Development opens in New Delhi.
3/17/1959Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
8/5/1992Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86.
4/1/1954French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
4/1/1954Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
2/4/1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.