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Historical Event on 6/4/1986

Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
3/30/1929Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
4/11/1887Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
10/30/1887Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.
1/18/1925Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.