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Historical Event on 4/8/1887
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 1/14/1843 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 9/8/1911 | Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/12/1997 | Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis. |
| 8/16/1958 | Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival. |
| 9/5/1962 | Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day. |
| 3/17/1987 | Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak. |
| 2/11/1977 | B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
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