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Historical Event on 7/4/1995

Rajan Pillai, business tycoon and biscuit king of India, who was convicted by a Singapore court for multi-million dollar fraud, was arrested in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1689Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
3/20/1994Pakistan closes down its consulate in Bombay.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.