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Historical Event on 7/7/1946
Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1695 | Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61. |
| 3/12/1992 | A 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. |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 1/5/1952 | U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi. |
| 6/21/1814 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died. |
| 3/1/1971 | Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc. |
| 1/2/2000 | Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine. |
| 10/17/1998 | Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in. |
| 8/18/1900 | Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born. |
| 7/10/1998 | India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts. |
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