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Historical Event on 4/8/1997
Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1996 | Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn. |
| 8/14/1998 | Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai. |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 12/11/1906 | Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka. |
| 3/22/1949 | SSC Examination system started. |
| 7/27/1992 | Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died. |
| 7/27/1992 | Sultan Ghiyasu'd-din Tughluq Shah, emperor of Delhi, passed away. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 5/16/1995 | Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
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