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Historical Event on 2/4/1973

India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1991Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
10/30/1947The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
6/28/1991K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.