This Day in History on 7 November
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that occurred on 7 November. The students can refer to them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga people of India)
International Inuit Day
Important Events
1665: The oldest journal, the London Gazette, was first published.
1811: Tecumseh’s War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
1875: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote the song Vande Mataram.
1879: Vasudev Balwant Phadke sentenced to life imprisonment (Kalapani).
1917: Successful Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States for the fourth time.
1951: M. Patanjali Shastri became the 2nd Chief Justice of India.
1990: Mary Robinson became the first woman president of Ireland.
1998: The world’s oldest astronaut named John Glenn returned safely to Earth.
2001: Belgian national carrier SABENA went bankrupt.
2003: US President George Bush signed a bill on abortion.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1186: Ögedei, a son of Genghis Khan, and the second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.
1858: Bipin Chandra Pal, an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer, and Indian independence movement activist.
1867: Marie Curie, a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, and chemist.
1879: Leon Trotsky, a Russian revolutionary, political theorist, and politician.
1888: C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1900: N. G. Ranga, an Indian freedom fighter, classical liberal, and parliamentarian and farmer leader.
1954: Kamal Haasan, an Indian actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer, lyricist, and politician.
1960: Shyamaprasad, Indian filmmaker
1969: Nandita Das, an Indian actor, and director.
1971: Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter
1975: Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
1980: Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter
1981: Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
1996: Lorde, a New Zealand singer and songwriter.
Death/ Death Anniversary
1862: Bahadur Shah Zafar or Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor.
1905: Keshavsut, Indian-Marathi poet.
1923: Ashwini Kumar Dutta, a Bengali educationist, philanthropist, social reformer and patriot.
1947: K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
1978: Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)
1980: Steve McQueen, Hollywood actor.
1981: Will Durant, American historian, and philosopher.
1998: Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, an Indian vocalist, composer, and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music.
2000: Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1910)
2006: Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (b. 1926)
2009: Sunita Deshpande, Indian Writer, and freedom fighter.
2015: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (b. 1970)