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Historical Event on 7/8/1918

Montagu - Chelmsford Report was published. This report was prepared to reform the legislature of India. This report was made by Edwin Montagu who was the Secretary of States for India and Lord Chelmsford, who was the Viceroy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1998The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.