Important Events in 1685 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1685: Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.

Important Events in 1761 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1761: Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked.

Important Events in 1831 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1831: Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania.

Important Events in 1858 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1858: The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British.

Important Events in 1859 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1859: The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.

Important Events in 1883 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1883: Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born.

Important Events in 1885 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1885: Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born.

Important Events in 1900 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1900: Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.

Important Events in 1928 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1928: Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
• 1928: Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born.

Important Events in 1956 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1956: Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.

Important Events in 1987 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1987: Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.

Important Events in 1988 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1988: Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.

Important Events in 1990 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1990: President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.

Important Events in 1993 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1993: C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.
• 1993: The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.

Important Events in 1994 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1994: The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi’s beloved ‘peripatetic tapasvin sage’, Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
• 1994: Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.

Important Events in 1997 – Indian History on 07 January

• 1997: Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men’s standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.