Year 1834
East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State.
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7 May: 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 May.
Observances & Special Days
Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)
Year 1849
Bethune College of Calcutta was established in upper-class families and it was started for female education.
Year 1907
The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai).
Year 1946
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) was founded.
Year 1950
81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
Year 1950
Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons.
Year 1955
Air India launched the Mumbai-Tokyo flight.
Year 1958
Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
Year 1973
The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
Year 1985
Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
Year 1990
Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas.
Year 1990
Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act.
Year 1991
Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
Year 1994
Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
Year 1998
Mercedes-Benz acquires Chrysler for 40 billion, the largest industrial merger in history.
Year 2000
Vladimir Putin became President of Russia.
Born 1711
David Hume, a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist.
Born 1861
Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta
Born 1880
Pandurang Vaman Kane, an Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar.
Born 1889
Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
Born 1892
Joseph Tito, a revolutionary and the first president of Yugoslavia.
Born 1907
Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
Born 1908
Sudhabala alias Ermaline was born in Bombay. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Hothal Padmini' (1925).
Born 1909
Edwin Herbert Land, the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.
Born 1912
Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
Born 1912
Pannalal Patel, an Indian author known for his contributions to Gujarati literature.
Died 1924
Alluri Seeta Rama Raju, an Indian revolutionary.
Died 1973
Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
Died 1974
Basanti Devi, an Indian independence activist.
Died 1994
Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly.
Died 2001
Prem Dhawan, an Indian lyricist, music composer, choreographer, and actor.
Died 2002
Durga Bhagwat, an Indian scholar, socialist, and writer.