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Historical Event on 1/4/1909
Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 7/10/1992 | SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. |
| 12/28/1932 | Britain says it is to release 28,000 prisoners, including Gandhi. |
| 10/1/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy. |
| 6/12/1999 | Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad. |
| 6/12/1999 | Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India, was born. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
| 3/17/1999 | An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar. |
| 1/15/1958 | Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 1/8/1993 | FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500. |
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