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Historical Event on 8/4/1997
Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
| 11/8/1948 | Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy. |
| 8/6/1962 | Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes. |
| 10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
| 10/2/1869 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 12/28/1883 | Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"". |
| 12/1/1982 | Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games. |
| 1/10/1996 | 27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi. |
| 11/22/1993 | Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna. |
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