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Historical Event on 4/8/1953

Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.
4/1/1989UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.