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Historical Event on 1/4/1907

Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
12/23/1993PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
4/9/1965Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.