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Historical Event on 6/4/1941

National Seva Dal was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
1/2/1991Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
4/9/1965Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
5/21/1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
2/16/1994Nivrittibuwa Sarnaik, veteran singer of 'Jaipur Gharana', passed away.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.