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Historical Event on 8/4/1997
Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/14/1958 | Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin. |
| 3/3/1931 | Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops. |
| 1/16/1941 | Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 9/15/1862 | Gaurishankar Hirachand Oza, famous historian, was born. |
| 12/3/1955 | In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 10/2/1911 | Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 1/18/1992 | Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days. |
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