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Historical Event on 8/4/1993

Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
4/4/1932Rameshchandra Gangaram Nadkarni alias ""Bapu Nadkarni"", cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68), was born in Nasik, Maharashtra.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
5/8/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998.
9/2/1956Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India).
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.