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Historical Event on 4/8/1835
Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/3/1992 | Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay. |
| 4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 5/7/1950 | 81 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected. |
| 2/21/1996 | Japanese encephalitis', caused by virus transmitted by mosquitoes, claims 21 lives in Kerala. |
| 2/5/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
| 4/6/1980 | Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 11/7/1907 | Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra. |
| 1/18/1998 | Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
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