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Historical Event on 8/4/2000

Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
3/14/1992NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party.
11/18/1999Sonia Gandhi pleads the President on Nalini's case.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
6/1/1786Firuz Shah captured the throne of Delhi and Sultan Jalal'ud-din Khalji called himself.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
1/10/1908Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
7/29/1996Aruna Asaf Ali, freedom fighter and player of important role in Quit India Movement, passed away in New Delhi. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna.