From The Books of History - 07 November Special

What Happened

1888: Sir C.V. Raman, the celebrated Indian physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the Raman Effect, is born. 1659: The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed, ending a long war between France and Spain. 1805: Explorers Lewis and Clark first sight the Pacific Ocean during their expedition. 1956: The Suez Crisis effectively concludes following a United Nations ceasefire resolution. 1862: Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last Mughal emperor of India, dies in exile in a British prison in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma. 1966: A massive anti-cow slaughter protest and riot takes place outside Parliament in New Delhi, marking a major early post-independence political and law-and-order crisis.