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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/1976 | Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77. |
| 9/7/1906 | Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered. |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 10/14/1994 | Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died. |
| 2/12/1985 | Fire aboard M.V. Chidambaram, an Indian liner sailing from Singapore to Madras, killed 34 people. |
| 12/20/1946 | Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 3/1/1909 | First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established. |
| 8/21/1981 | Dattatrey Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kakasaheb"", freedom fighter, passed away at the age of 96. |
| 8/16/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda. |
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