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Historical Event on 4/8/1997

India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
6/3/1865George V, King of England (1910-36), was born.
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
10/24/1657Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
10/30/1949Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
12/15/1997Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.