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Historical Event on 4/4/1997
World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 3/25/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 9/19/1950 | U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York. |
| 1/5/1974 | Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
| 9/1/1998 | Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi. |
| 8/18/1958 | Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died. |
| 1/9/1993 | An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
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