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Historical Event on 8/7/1982

Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
4/10/1996The marketing of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Moor's Last Sigh' in India was cleared by the Central govt.
10/11/1737A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
10/9/1994Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.