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Historical Event on 7/7/1973

78 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
12/13/1986Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away.
9/28/1827A few mountain battery trains flourished and kept the Indian component alive as part of the Royal artillery. Recently, it has been established that 8 Company Bombay Artillery survived axing and is now 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery. This day is now celebrated as the Raising Day of the Regiment of Artillery.