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Historical Event on 8/7/1888
Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 9/24/1726 | King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
| 11/1/1930 | S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 9/30/1961 | Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
| 4/22/1915 | Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born. |
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