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Historical Event on 4/8/1953

Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.
8/3/1905Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
2/25/1897Dr. Amarnath Jha, educationist, was born.
4/2/1953Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away.