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Historical Event on 8/4/1997
Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1921 | Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated. |
| 5/3/1718 | Baba Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, great freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Ahlu village, Lahore. |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 10/29/1929 | Vyankat Chalaiyya Manipalli Narayan Chalaiyya, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born. |
| 12/8/1970 | Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers. |
| 12/1/1960 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964. |
| 3/1/1968 | Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur. |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 1/20/1999 | Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
| 8/15/1969 | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy. |
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