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Historical Event on 4/8/1998

Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1951Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
6/1/1996H.D. Deve Gowda's 21-member Central cabinet sworn in.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
4/6/1955Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died.