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Historical Event on 4/8/1998
Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/11/2000 | 27 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu. |
| 12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
| 1/1/1979 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"". |
| 1/1/1979 | Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619. |
| 3/24/1896 | Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born. |
| 1/16/1858 | Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged. |
| 12/6/1995 | Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
| 8/18/1951 | Indian Institute of Technology was opened in Kharagpur, West Bengal. |
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