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Historical Event on 4/8/1887
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
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| 6/18/1991 | Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority. |
| 5/23/1996 | Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha. |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 5/12/1992 | Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks. |
| 9/11/1913 | Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 2/14/1628 | 5th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned. |
| 6/5/1975 | Ramsing, great freedom fighter and editor of `Navyug Patrika', passed away. |
| 12/1/1982 | Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games. |
| 5/10/1905 | Pankaj Malik, music director, was born. |
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