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Historical Event on 8/7/1905
The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1875 | Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 8/25/1965 | Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi. |
| 12/1/1965 | Border Security Force was organised, which would be armed and trained to man the International Border with Pakistan. |
| 4/18/1959 | India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation. |
| 4/18/1959 | Jalal'ud-din Firuz Khalji establishes the Khalji dynasty at Delhi. |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 7/8/1888 | Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born. |
| 8/19/1993 | Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune. |
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