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Historical Event on 4/1/1839

Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/2/1960Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
3/1/1930Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's), was born in Madras.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
9/27/1958Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais.
4/19/1981Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'.
9/7/1906Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.