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Historical Event on 5/4/1957

Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1992Arjun Singh, Pawar, Antony win CWC polls.
8/28/1928Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, noted physicist and scientific advisor to the Prime Minister, was born at Mangalore in Karnataka.
2/21/1829Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
5/10/1977Jahangir Khan, famous musician, passed away.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
6/9/1659Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
4/1/2000India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran.