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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 |
| 6/18/1896 | Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 5/1/1972 | All fuel coal mines were nationalised. |
| 6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
| 10/11/1996 | Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial. |
| 12/24/1999 | Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off. |
| 11/30/1858 | Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh). |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 3/28/1994 | Leaders attack trade protectionism. |
| 7/29/1999 | Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001. |
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