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Historical Event on 10/4/1977

Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/2000All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
10/14/1998Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
7/12/1932The 16,000-foot Shyok ice dam in the Himalayas bursts flooding the Indus Valley at Kashmir.
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.