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Historical Event on 7/4/1900

Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
4/15/1947Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.
3/6/1928Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.
11/6/1910Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras.
4/4/1971Pakistan reports seizure of nine Indian army vehicles.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
2/12/1999The Centre dismisses the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar and imposes President's rule.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban