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Historical Event on 7/7/1901

J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
6/5/1975Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away.
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
1/26/1950Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
5/25/1961Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras.