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Important events of history that took place in India and elsewhere on today’s date.

7 December

🇮🇳 In India

1782 Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore died.

1936 P. V. Manoranjan Rao, veteran space scientist and author, was born.

1979 First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.

1995 Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.

🌎 Elsewhere

1877

Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph (gramophone) to the editors of Scientific American.

1928 Avram Noam Chomsky, American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist, was born. He is sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics",

1941 Japanese planes raid Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise attack, bringing the US into World War 2.

1972 Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous “blue marble” photo of the entire Earth.

2001 The Taliban regime gives up its last Afghan stronghold of Kandahar after weeks of bombardment by US warplanes.

2004 Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.

⭐ Significance

Armed Forces Flag Day or Flag Day of India is a day dedicated to honouring the soldiers and veterans of India's armed forces. It has been observed annually in India on December 7 since 1949.

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