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Historical Event on 12/4/1661
Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1999 | The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector. |
| 8/29/1905 | Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day. |
| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
| 11/1/1996 | K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case. |
| 4/18/1993 | BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya. |
| 10/17/1920 | Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji. |
| 4/2/1926 | The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 4/11/1856 | Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 3/22/1907 | Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
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