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Historical Event on 4/7/1998

Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
8/25/1992Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.
5/7/1996Third and final phase of polling begins for 185 LS constituencies and 154 assembly constituencies; 55 to 60\% turnout was witnessed and there was widespread violence in Bihar.
6/27/1964Teen Murti Bhavan, official residence of the Prime Minister of India, became the Nehru Memorial Museum.
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
3/11/1863Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.