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Historical Event on 8/4/1997

Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
4/20/1938Bhartacharya Chintamanrao Vinayak Vaidya, omnicient research scientist and expert of Marathi and English languages, passed away.
4/20/1938Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
4/13/1993Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.