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Historical Event on 8/4/1997

Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
10/11/1988Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.