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Historical Event on 4/8/1925

Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.

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2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
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5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
6/22/198219 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay.
6/22/1982Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
1/18/1996N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
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