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Historical Event on 4/8/1953

Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
7/1/1997Akbar himself left Agra.
1/19/1987Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.
10/31/1984Indira Gandhi, India's four-time prime minister, was gunned down by two members of her personal security guard as she walked from her home to her office in New Delhi. She died after four hours of emergency surgery. The only daughter of former Prime Minister Nehru was 66. Both of her attackers were identified as members of the Sikh religion. One was shot dead. The other was captured. Sikh extremists had threatened to kill Ms. Gandhi since she ordered the raid on their shrine in Amritsar. She had told an interviewer that she was not intimidated by the threats. 'I am not afraid,' she said. 'I am frequently attacked.'
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.