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Historical Event on 4/8/1923

Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
7/31/1996Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally.
5/28/1907Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born.
6/24/1897Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.