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Historical Event on 4/1/1855

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.

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2/3/1912Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born.
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2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
12/16/1980Fisher Wealthy Hornsinger, an American social worker and who worked for Adult Education in India, passed away.
8/7/1982Krishnakanta Radhakant Handique, linguist, educationist, Sanskrit scholar, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. He also authored the learned works 'Naisadhacarita', 'Yasastilaka and Indian Culture' etc. His original treatise written in Sanskrit by Somaveda in the 10th century is an encyclopedic work dealing with Jainism and Indian thoughts and culture.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
11/15/1997INS Delhi' commissioned.
1/4/1889Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.
3/22/1991Chautala sworn in as Haryana CM.