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Historical Event on 4/8/2000
Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1909 | The Times reports failure of Gandhi Government negotiations on Transvaal laws. |
| 1/8/1968 | The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language. |
| 4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
| 3/30/1977 | Swami Agnivesh merged his 'Bhartiya Aryasabha Party' in Janata Party. |
| 8/27/1995 | Andhra Pradesh Governor asks N T Rama Rao to prove his majority on 31st following a split in the Telugu Desam party. |
| 5/12/1984 | Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras. |
| 6/2/1990 | Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. |
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