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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
2/28/1937Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
1/3/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.
11/15/2000India cancels cricket series with Pakistan in January next on account of Islamabad's ''hostile propaganda''.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).