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Historical Event on 4/8/1998
Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1996 | Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court. |
| 8/11/2000 | The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 2/14/1628 | 5th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned. |
| 4/24/1974 | Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away. |
| 7/11/1630 | Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away. |
| 11/19/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee approves formation of the National Security Council, a new high-power hub, to give policy directions to safeguard the country's security. |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 9/6/1993 | CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M). |
| 8/11/1999 | The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec. |
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