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Historical Event on 4/8/1774

Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
2/13/1936Dinsha Wachha, great Industrialist and social worker, passed away at Mumbai.