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Historical Event on 4/8/1925

Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
11/25/1890Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
12/13/1902Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
7/26/1956Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died.
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
3/24/1855First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
9/7/1931The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
4/26/1992Gyanapith award winner Prof. V.K.Gokak (82) passes away.