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Historical Event on 2/4/1994
India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/7/1883 | Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born. |
| 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' |
| 3/1/1993 | Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98). |
| 8/15/1872 | Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 1/1/1910 | Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.). |
| 5/26/1885 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born. |
| 10/10/1896 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 7/16/1996 | Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence. |
| 5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
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