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Historical Event on 4/8/1929

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.

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11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
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8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.