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Historical Event on 4/8/1992

Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/1942Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India.
5/29/1952The Socialist Party and Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party decide to form a single parliamentary party.
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
3/17/1909Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
10/18/1919W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born.
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
4/27/1906China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.