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Historical Event on 5/4/1998

India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
12/19/1966Rajesh Kumar Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993), was born in Ranchi.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
1/21/1952Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
3/28/1947Abdul Bari, labour leader, passed away.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
6/23/1927All India Radio's broadcasting service started in 1927 by privately owned transmitter at Bombay and Calcutta.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.