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Historical Event on 4/8/1993
Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/20/1947 | British Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in the House of Commons, London, that Britain will release India before June 1948 and for this purpose Lord Louis Mountbatten was appointed to work as the new Viceroy of India. |
3/3/1859 | A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur. |
10/27/1926 | Padmanabh Govind Joshi alias ""Nana"" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper during 1950's was born in Bar |
2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
9/20/1993 | Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit. |
2/16/1997 | Ramakrishna Hegde launches a new national political party, Lok Shakti. |
6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
2/21/1997 | Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai. |
5/16/1960 | International Telex Service between India and U.K. started. |
12/30/1953 | The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India. |
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