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Historical Event on 8/7/1871

Abanindranath Tagore, great modern artist and painter, was born at Jorasanko in Calcutta.

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6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
2/22/1958Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
3/7/1921Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
9/21/1945British promise India independence.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
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7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.