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Historical Event on 8/4/1997
Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 9/3/1994 | The government decides to disinvest government holding in 21 Public Sector Units including ITI, IOC and ITDC. |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
| 7/19/1994 | The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent. |
| 1/12/1966 | Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away. |
| 12/11/1991 | Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march). |
| 11/3/1997 | American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 5/10/1993 | Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time. |
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