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Historical Event on 8/7/1906

First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/6/1994Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
1/3/1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.
10/6/1974Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.