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Historical Event on 8/4/1967

World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
6/19/2000Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.