Year 1763
Mir Jafar re-crowned as Nawab of Bengal.
JULY 7
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7 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 7 July.
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World Chocolate Day
Year 1799
Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore.
Year 1898
Hawaiian Islands recognized US sovereignty.
Year 1948
Damodar Valley Corporation, the first multipurpose project of independent India, was established.
Year 1985
Boris Baker became the youngest player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title at the age of 17.
Year 2007
The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
Year 2012
At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
Year 2013
A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
Year 2015
Launch of the ‘Pashu Poshan’, a web and android platform application developed by the National Dairy Development Board.
Year 2016
Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen during an anti-police protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, killing five of them. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb.
Born 1656
Guru Har Krishan, the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Born 1859
Rettamalai Srinivasan, Indian politician (d. 1911)
Born 1914
Anil Biswas, an Indian film music director, and playback singer.
Born 1926
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi, an Indian Urdu poet.
Born 1949
Radhika Roy, an Indian journalist, and the co-founder of NDTV.
Born 1964
Nabam Tuki, former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
Born 1970
Min Patel, Indian-English cricketer
Born 1973
Kailash Kher, an Indian playback singer and music composer.
Born 1981
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a former Indian international cricketer.
Died 1307
Edward I, King of England.
Died 1890
Henri Nestlé, a German-Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé.
Died 1930
Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer, and medical doctor. He created the character, Sherlock Holmes.
Died 1982
Bon Maharaj, Indian guru, and religious writer.
Died 1999
Captain Vikram Batra, an officer of the Indian Army, awarded with the Param Vir Chakra.