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Historical Event on 1/4/1940

Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1931Leela Nag (Leela Roy), freedom fighter and editor of Jayshri, was arrested in Bengal for her association with ""Depali Sangh"" who supported Chatgang Ammunition Plot against the Bengal Government.
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
7/18/1993India beats France 3-2 in a sensational Davis Cup tie to enter into the semi-final.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
12/6/1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
8/14/1862Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).