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Historical Event on 8/4/1928
Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 8/9/1969 | Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'. |
| 2/2/1949 | Press Trust of India' was established. |
| 6/3/1985 | The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff. |
| 6/22/1944 | British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam. |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 1/30/1999 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
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