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Historical Event on 4/8/1887
Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 3/29/1869 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, was born. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 12/4/1992 | RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi. |
| 1/31/1961 | Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, first Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away. |
| 8/27/1990 | The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 5/23/1996 | 1995-96 deficit touches a new high at Rs.19,855 crore. |
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