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Historical Event on 8/7/1947

BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
3/29/1998The new govt. wins the vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
5/11/1985Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India.