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Historical Event on 4/9/1994
C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
| 12/22/1999 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 6/17/1839 | Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 9/24/1947 | Pakistani raiders invade Kashmir. |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 7/15/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities. |
| 12/9/1947 | India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed. |
| 3/5/1999 | The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa. |
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