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Historical Event on 8/4/1845

Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1932Minu Modi, famous industrialist, was born.
7/22/1993R.K. Khandekar, PM's aide, denies Harshad Mehta's charges.
10/25/1983Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
9/15/1947Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
6/5/1993Unlawful Activities (prevention) Tribunal headed by Justice P N Nagi upholds the ban on Islamic Sevak Sangh.
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.