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Historical Event on 8/4/1993

Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
4/5/1993G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
8/20/1974Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
3/12/1988After 58 years in the commemoration of Dandi March, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi performed the 32 kms Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
9/3/1953Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away.