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Historical Event on 4/8/1897
Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/4/1989 | Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay. |
| 7/4/1999 | S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode. |
| 9/12/1931 | Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir. |
| 11/12/1885 | Firodia Kundanmal Shobhachand, politician and Gandhian, was born. |
| 10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 8/12/1946 | Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 9/1/1921 | Madhav Krishnaji Mantri, right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper, was born at Nasik, Maharashtra. He was the Indian team selector from 1964 to 1968 and was also the team manager in 1990. |
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