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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
9/17/1997Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.
11/25/1998Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways.
10/4/1996Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against PVN Rao and three others in the St. Kitts forgery case.
4/4/1998G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad.
4/4/1998Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
3/5/1993The government de-reserves the mining industry throwing it open to private sector as well as to foreign investment.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
2/18/1918Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born.
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
9/4/1997Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.