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Historical Event on 4/8/1994

Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
11/24/1941Attack on Pearl Harbour.
1/6/1942Four of the flight's six aircraft were promptly lost to Japanese bombing and No. 4 Flight gave place in Moulmein to No. 3 Flight which had meanwhile re-equipped with four ex-RAF Blenheim ls. B-314 completed first commercial flight around the world.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
10/30/1909Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.