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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
11/16/1993Kashmir's 32-day-old Hazaratbal impasse ends with militants' surrender.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
9/3/1997Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directs the state government to pay an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000 to the family of a college student, who had committed suicide following ragging in the hostel.
12/28/1926Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
7/4/2000The trial of the Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case begins.