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Historical Event on 4/4/1938
A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/14/1941 | Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India. |
| 4/1/1954 | French settlements in India pass under Indian control. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 1/24/1994 | Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit. |
| 9/14/1965 | Pakistan Air Force bombs Calcutta and Agartala civilian airports. |
| 5/15/1996 | The 11th Lok Sabha constituted as Election Commission submits a list of 534 successful candidates to President. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 4/24/1942 | Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41. |
| 10/1/1847 | Annie Besant, famous philosopher and thesophist, was born in London. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
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