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Historical Event on 8/4/1997

Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/17/1864Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
11/11/1872Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", was b
8/18/199112 LTTE militants commit suicide.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
8/15/1947Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.