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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1997India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.
5/17/1957Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
7/28/1872Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born.
8/10/1989Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
2/4/1924Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.