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Historical Event on 4/8/1953

Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1977Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
10/21/1906Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.