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Historical Event on 4/8/1923
Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 12/17/1961 | Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night. |
| 4/12/1873 | Kumaran Asan, famous Malyalam poet and social reformer, was born at Kayikkara, Kerala. |
| 11/23/1983 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi. |
| 6/19/1996 | Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI. |
| 9/9/1952 | Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away. |
| 1/16/1996 | Supreme Court says trial courts should hold trial of rape cases in camera. |
| 2/4/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay. |
| 4/8/1998 | India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal. |
| 10/3/1950 | India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York. |
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