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Historical Event on 4/8/1950
Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1917 | Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal. |
| 1/29/1996 | S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president. |
| 5/15/1817 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born. |
| 1/6/1976 | Baliram Bhagat elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 10/4/1953 | India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 5/21/1835 | Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 3/22/1932 | Indian Muslims break with Great Britain. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 5/13/1648 | Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur. |
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