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Historical Event on 02/04/1318
Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 10/12/1998 | Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma |
| 1/26/1993 | Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest. |
| 2/11/1981 | Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win. |
| 4/24/1993 | IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar. |
| 5/18/1966 | Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists. |
| 11/7/1974 | South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup. |
| 8/1/1957 | National Book Trust inaugurated. |
| 10/5/1999 | India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT. |
| 5/21/1999 | A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State. |
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