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Historical Event on 1/4/1940
Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/14/1923 | Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 10/11/1991 | BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
| 5/10/1936 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, great freedom fighter, politician, journalist and muslim leader, passed away. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 12/29/1949 | Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras. |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 2/21/1953 | Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM. |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 12/13/1999 | Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999. |
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