Historical events -March 7.

1835: Proposal introduced to promote the propagation of European literature and science in India.

1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a telephone.

1936: World War II, Germany invaded the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles.

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

2006: Varanasi bombings – the Indian city of Varanasi witnessed a series of bombings in which at least 28 people were reportedly killed and 101 injured.

Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries– March 7

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

1765: Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor.

1792: Sir John Herschel, an English polymath.

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

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

1934: Nari Contractor, a former cricket player.

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

1949: Ghulam Nabi Azad, an Indian politician.

1952: Sir Vivian Richards, West Indies cricketer.

1955: Anupam Kher, an Indian actor.

1969: Sadhana Sargam, an Indian singer.

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

Death anniversaries -March 7

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

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

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

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

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

2012: Ravi Shankar Sharma, an Indian music director.