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Historical Event on 8/4/1997
Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1997 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 1/3/1987 | Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died. |
| 4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
| 2/28/1997 | Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98. |
| 6/29/1893 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta. |
| 2/11/1996 | Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
| 10/17/1817 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi. |
| 2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
| 2/14/2000 | The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor. |
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