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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 02/04/1318 |
Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi. |
| 02/04/1628 |
Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 02/04/1757 |
Lord Clive remained unsuccessful after sending two ambassadors to make treaty with Siraj -Ud -Daula, while he was marching towards Calcutta. |
| 02/04/1909 |
Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha. |
| 02/04/1910 |
New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest. |
| 02/04/1924 |
Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay. |
| 02/04/1924 |
Kocheril Raman Narayan, ninth Vice President of India and now president of India, was born. |
| 02/04/1934 |
Madhusudan 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 Board. |
| 02/04/1938 |
Birju Maharaj, famous Kathak Dancer ""Guru"", was born. |
| 02/04/1944 |
Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma |
| 02/04/1946 |
Dr. Satnarayan Nathulal Jatiya was born in Jawad, Distt. Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 02/04/1948 |
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
| 02/04/1948 |
Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
| 02/04/1953 |
Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva. |
| 02/04/1973 |
India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation. |
| 02/04/1974 |
Satyendra 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 1924. |
| 02/04/1976 |
Lok Sabha's life extended by one year. |
| 02/04/1990 |
Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 02/04/1991 |
An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth. |
| 02/04/1992 |
National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 02/04/1993 |
D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 02/04/1994 |
India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 09/15/1926 | Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes. |
| 05/29/1968 | Dara Singh becomes the world wrestling champion. |
| 06/21/1814 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died. |
| 11/11/1992 | S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka. |
| 03/01/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 04/27/1920 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian leader and Magssese Awardee, was born. |
| 05/20/1498 | Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. |
| 07/19/1993 | Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 07/08/1996 | Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water. |
| 11/20/1969 | The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings. |
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