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Historical Event on 9/4/1998

Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
12/14/1979Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer, two Tests for India and bowling average of 205, died.
9/29/1970Union Carbide India Ltd in Bombay was commissioned Reclamation Plant Sewage Water of India for commercial use.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
1/1/1920P.M. Nadagouda, politician, was born at Mysore, Chitwadgi.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.