4 FEB HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for February 4

4-February-1318Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.

4-February-1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.

4-February-1757Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta.

4-February-1909Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.

4-February-1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.

4-February-1924Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay.

4-February-1924Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born.

4-February-1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Bo

4-February-1938Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was b

4-February-1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma.

4-February-1946Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh).

4-February-1948Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948.

4-February-1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.

4-February-1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.

4-February-1973India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Natio

4-February-1974Satyendra Nath Bose, a noted mathematician, professor and physicist, passed away at Calcutta. He contributed greatly to statictical mechanics, the electromagnetic properties of ionosphere, the therories of X-ray crystallography and thermoluminescence, and unified field theory. Bose instituted ""Planck's Law and the Hypothesis of Light Quana"" in 1

4-February-1976Lok Sabha's life extended by one year.

4-February-1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.

4-February-1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.

4-February-1992National Renewal Fund for industries set up.

4-February-1993D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.

4-February-1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.

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