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Historical Event on 4/8/1759

British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1759Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.