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Historical Event on 8/4/1997

Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
1/18/1980Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in.
3/23/1923Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
12/6/1976Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away.
8/16/1994Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.