Historical Events on March 7.

1.  1835, 7th March: Proposal introduced to promote the propagation of European literature and science in India. 

2.  1876, 7th March: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a telephone.

3.  1936, 7th March: World War II, Germany invaded the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles.

4.  1987, 7th March: Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar became the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs in Tests.

5.  2006, 7th March: The Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organization carried out a bomb blast in Varanasi, India.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 7.

1.  1734: Mir Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, the 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad State.

2.  1765: Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor.

3.  1792: Sir John Herschel, an English polymath.

4.  1849: Luther Burbank, an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science.

5.  1911: Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, an Indian writer, poet, and novelist.

6.  1934: Nari Contractor, a former cricket player.

7.  1945: T. V. Sankaranarayanan, a Carnatic vocalist.

8.  1949: Ghulam Nabi Azad, an Indian politician.

9.  1952: Sir Vivian Richards, West Indies cricketer.

10.  1955: Anupam Kher, an Indian actor.

11.  1969: Sadhana Sargam, an Indian singer.

12.  1973: Arnab Goswami, an Indian journalist, who is the managing director and editor-in-chief of the Republic Media Network.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 7.

1.  1647: Dadoji Konddev, He was the teacher of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

2.  1952: Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian monk, yogi and guru.

3.  1961: Govind Ballabh Pant, an Indian freedom fighter and one of the architects of modern India.

4.  1974: T. T. Krishnamachari, former Indian Finance Minister.

5.  1993: Ezra Mir, an Indian film-maker, known for his documentary films.

6.  2012: Ravi Shankar Sharma, an Indian music director.

7-March-1647

Guru Dadaji Konddev, master of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.

7-March-1911

Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.

7-March-1921

Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.

7-March-1934

Nariman Jamshedji Contractor "Nari Contractor", cricketer (Indian batsman & captain) was born in Godhra, Gujarat.

7-March-1942

Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.

7-March-1952

Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.

7-March-1956

A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.

7-March-1961

Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.

7-March-1974

T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.

7-March-1987

Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.

7-March-1994

India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.

7-March-1996

Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.

7-March-1998

A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.

7-March-1999

22 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.

7-March-2000

A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.