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Historical Event on 8/4/1979

Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
9/14/1949Hindi declared the national language by the Constituent Assembly after a three-day debate.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.