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Historical Event on 4/8/1991

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1974. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
4/18/1956India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles.
8/19/1996Gujarat's expelled BJP leader Shankersingh Waghela forms a new party called 'Rashtriya Janata Party'.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.