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Historical Event on 7/8/1958
Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/19/1689 | Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals. |
| 4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 7/4/1897 | Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan). |
| 8/12/1868 | Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born. |
| 1/1/1880 | Money order system was introduced. |
| 8/17/1998 | The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent. |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 6/22/1971 | Habib Muhammad died. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
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