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Historical Event on 8/4/1928

Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
8/1/1957M. K. Vellodi was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 04-06-1958.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
4/24/1996Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.