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Historical Event on 8/4/1928

Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
2/6/1939Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
10/26/1934Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
10/26/1934Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet.
3/5/1916Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born.