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Historical Event on 7/8/1996

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/19958th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai.
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.
12/25/1919Naushad, famous film music director, was born.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
9/10/1977The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept.
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.