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Historical Event on 4/8/1998

Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
11/9/1948Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
1/6/1989Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi.
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
12/14/1992Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed.
7/27/1998Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death.