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Historical Event on 8/4/1894

Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
9/24/1998In his address to the UN General Assembly, PM Vajpayee said that India wouldl not come in the way of implementing CTBT and may sign it conditionally by September 1999.
5/14/1953Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
1/26/1997Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs.
5/4/1998India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
1/30/1996Supreme Court directs CBI and other govt. agencies to speed up the Jain hawala probe.
12/7/1979First International Children's Films Festival was held in Bombay.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.