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Historical Event on 4/2/1679

Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
5/17/1999Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
9/18/1615Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
8/14/1997Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence.
11/5/1870Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta.