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Historical Event on 4/8/1923

Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
7/31/2000The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.
12/25/1924Atal Krishna Behari Bajpayee, Prime Minister of India and a veteran journalist, was born at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
11/17/1973Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
1/18/1994India hires the law firm McAuliffe, Kelly and Rafaelli for lobbying in Washington.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.