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Historical Event on 4/8/1973

India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.
9/23/1997India win Sahara Cup Cricket series by 4-1 victory over Pakistan.
7/28/1939Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.
4/15/1992Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.