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Historical Event on 8/7/1986

Lok Sabha passes Constitution 53rd Amendment bill conferring statehood on Mizoram.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1858Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
6/8/1915Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
9/16/1932Ronald Ross, bacteriologist and member of Indian Medical Service, died in London. He had also received a Nobel Prize.