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Historical Event on 4/8/1925

Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
11/27/1920Kanhaiyalal Bhagwandas Harjal, educationist, was born at Mohpa, Maharashtra.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
8/17/1997Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
10/9/2000The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.