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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
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
11/16/1995Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
7/30/1991Sabi Fernandes, senior photographer of Indian Express Newspaper Group, died.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.