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Historical Event on 8/4/1935
Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 1/2/1991 | Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport. |
| 9/25/1993 | Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General. |
| 5/29/1967 | First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory. |
| 8/3/1996 | Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years. |
| 4/13/1948 | Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa. |
| 9/6/1993 | CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M). |
| 6/17/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
| 5/22/1991 | Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
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