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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
8/7/1906Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
5/23/19961995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
4/8/1925Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.