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Historical Event on 4/8/1923

Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1996Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
12/4/1990Maharashtra Gomantak Party withdraws support to Goa ministry led by Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa.
6/13/1918Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai.
7/10/2000Pete Sampras wins his 7th singles Wimbledon title and his 13th Grand Slam title overtaking Roy Emerson's 12 titles.
10/13/1991Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
6/4/1941National Seva Dal was established.