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Historical Event on 4/8/1897
Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 5/17/1993 | Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 9/6/1657 | Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne. |
| 2/5/1981 | Kuda Bux, great Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), passed away at 75. |
| 5/26/1999 | IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2. |
| 5/26/1999 | Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath. |
| 5/14/1907 | Muhammad Ayub Khan, Pakistani president, was born. |
| 11/18/1964 | Dharam Vira was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27-06-1966 |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
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