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Historical Event on 4/8/1674

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
11/27/1870Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.
9/2/1946Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away.
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
4/21/199018 more ministers added in the National Front Ministry.
7/19/1925Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P).