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Historical Event on 1/4/1940
Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/4/1999 | The Indian Army recaptured Tiger Hill after a 11 hour assault, and hoisted the tricolour atop the 16,500 ft. peak. |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 1/19/1892 | Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born. |
| 5/22/1963 | Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur. |
| 4/3/1903 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 7/31/1861 | 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record. |
| 2/10/1979 | Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 8/5/1999 | The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet. |
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