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Historical Event on 7/8/1996
U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1999 | Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 2/28/1859 | Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi Bavli, Central India, who was arrested for helping her son Bheema Nayak in the freedom movement and was jailed in Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed away. |
| 6/18/1926 | Bhishma Singh Chauhan, great author, was born at Naglajula (U.P). |
| 9/29/2000 | Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari. |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 8/17/1761 | William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people. |
| 8/17/1761 | Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 6/5/1996 | Kubernath Rai, well known writer, passed away. |
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