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Historical Event on 4/8/1997

India creates history by entering the semi-finals of the 12th Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international football series for the first time after holding Ghana 2-2 at Kochi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
3/31/1964Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
10/10/1954First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
9/18/1996Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat .
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
8/19/1934Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.