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Historical Event on 8/4/1997

Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.
5/1/1994Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
5/5/1903Former minister William Petty declares Persian Gulf a part of British dominion in India.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
9/9/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.