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Historical Event on 1/7/1987

Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
11/29/1948Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
8/11/1916Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.
11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.