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Historical Event on 8/4/1967
World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 12/29/1975 | D.K. Barooah elected Congress President. |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
| 8/19/1992 | K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India. |
| 10/27/1982 | Gandhiji's personal secretary Pyare Lal died. |
| 10/27/1982 | Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'. |
| 7/13/1905 | Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 12/28/1952 | Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
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