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Historical Event on 4/8/1993

Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
4/16/1848Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
11/9/1841Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
6/12/1891Gandhiji sailed for India and reached in July.