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Historical Event on 8/4/1937
Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, famous lawyer, philosopher, ancient researcher and eminent historian, died at Patna.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/2000 | Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 2/11/2001 | Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India. |
| 3/29/1979 | Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy. |
| 3/17/1967 | 4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed. |
| 9/8/1982 | Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 2/5/1949 | Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed. |
| 6/7/1955 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 6/21/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari was appointed the first Indian Governor General of Indian union (21/06/1948-25/01/1950). After January 25, 1950, this post was abolished. |
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