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Historical Event on 8/4/1928

Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/24/1932Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
8/5/1969Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore.
4/24/1980Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
9/16/1973Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
2/10/1803Jagannath Sunkerseth, great social worker, education lover and one of the sculptors of modern Mumbai, was born.