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Historical Event on 4/8/1953
Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1996 | Kathapurushan' wins best film national award. |
| 7/20/1654 | Portugal was taken over by Britishers. |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 2/18/1992 | 47 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
| 12/28/1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service. |
| 10/28/1928 | M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born. |
| 3/17/1992 | Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%. |
| 9/10/1915 | Jatindranath Mukhrjee, great revolutionary, died after being wounded in a pitched battle between the revolutionaries and the police, aided by an army unit, in Balasore. |
| 1/25/1992 | Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'. |
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