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Historical Event on 8/7/1906
First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.
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| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
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| 7/16/1956 | K. L. Pawar, who guided students for the written examinations, was born. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
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