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Historical Event on 2/4/1948
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/5/1952 | U.S. signs five-year accord to give India $ 50 mil. for economic development in New Delhi. |
| 2/24/1867 | Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 1/10/1953 | Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held. |
| 6/11/2000 | Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district. |
| 9/4/1962 | Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda. |
| 11/5/1996 | Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress. |
| 5/23/1996 | Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha. |
| 10/13/1679 | More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
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