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Historical Event on 4/4/1786
In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1903 | Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar. |
| 12/1/1992 | 17 ministers of the BJP government in Rajasthan quit for the 'Karseva' at Ayodhya. |
| 10/15/1997 | Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things' |
| 12/30/1964 | 500 people seized by Chinese spies. |
| 2/2/2000 | The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution. |
| 10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died. |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
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