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Historical Event on 7/7/1948

Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
11/3/1933Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal).
11/3/1933Property Tax was passed.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
6/22/1898The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.