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[Anup Tiwari]

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[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for February 24
24-February-1483
Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a
small state of Ferghana, was
born in Turkmenistan.
24-February-1674
Prataprao Gujar, a great
Maratha warrior at the time
of Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj, died.
24-February-1786
Charles Cornwallis appointed
Governor-General of India.
24-February-1867
Kedarnath Das, geat
physiologist, was born.
24-February-1880
Satyanarayan, great poet of
Kannada language, was born.
24-February-1899
Maheshchandra Burjorjee
Bilimoria, film distributor,
was born.
24-February-1922
Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer
(batted at MCG Test for India
1948), was born in Darkati,
Punjab.
24-February-1924
Mahatma Gandhi released
from jail.
24-February-1936
Laxmibai Tilak, famous
marathi poet, passed away.
24-February-1946
Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs.
Babbai Lakshman, freedom
fighters, were shot dead by
the police.
24-February-1948
The State of Junagarh, whose
accession to India was
protested by Pakistan in the
UN Security Council, voted in
favour of India in a popular
referendum held on 20
February.
24-February-1950
G.J.M.Gazdar, computational
linguist, was born.
24-February-1957
General Election ( 2nd) of
India begins.
24-February-1961
Government of Madras
province was renamed as
Tamil Nadu.
24-February-1986
Rukmini Devi passed away.
24-February-1988
Prithvi, India's first
Indigenously designed
surface-to-surface tactical
missile of 250km, was
successfully test fired from
Sriharikota. India becomes
the fifth country to develop
such a missile.
24-February-1994
Sharp increase in freight
rates in the 1994-95 Railway
budget; Pre-budget Economic
Survey puts GDP growth in
1993-94 at 3.8\%.
24-February-1995
25 jawans die in an explosion
in Brahmaputra Mail near
Nilalong station about 200
km from Guwahati.
24-February-1995
A full Bench comprising Chief
Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV
Ramakrishna and P.
Shanmugam of the Kerala
High Court quashed the
words ""incestuous
adultery"", ""adultery
coupled with cruelty"" and
""adultery coupled with
desertion"" contained in
Section 10 of Indian
(Christian)
24-February-1995
Rishang Keishing (Cong-I)
sworn in as the 15th CM of
Manipur.
24-February-1996
Naresh Chandra appointed
India's ambassador to USA.
24-February-1996
S. Korean President Kim
Young Sam visits India.
24-February-1997
Charles Shobhaj, the
notorious murder suspect, to
be deported to France after
20 years in Tihar jail.
24-February-2000
The Subrahmanyam
Committee report tabled in
the Lok Sabha. The panel
concluded that the Pakistan
intrusion in Kargil took the
Indian security
establishment by surprise.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for February 25
25-February-1510
Portuguese Catholics conquer
Goa under Albuquerque, the
then Governor, to serve as
capital of their Asian
maritime empire beginning
conquest and exploitation of
India by Europeans.
25-February-1586
King Birbal, renowned wit and
one amongst the 'Navratna' of
Emperor Akbar's Court, died
in a war with Usuf Jard
Kabile.
25-February-1600
Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt,
passed away.
25-February-1760
Lord Clive left India. His
successors as Governors of
India were J. Holwell and H.
Vansittart from July 1760 to
1765. He was re-posted to
India on May 3, 1765.
25-February-1840
Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi
litteratewur, was born.
25-February-1844
Girishchandra Ghosh, famous
Bengali actor and dramatist,
was born.
25-February-1869
Anand Shankar Bapubhai
Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and
editor of monthly magzine
'Vasant' , was born.
25-February-1884
Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom
fighter and national leader of
the country, was born at
Radhu village of Kaira District.
25-February-1886
Narmadashankar Lalshankar
Dave 'Narmad', social reformer
and famous Gujrati
litterateur, passed away.
25-February-1894
Meher Baba (1894-1969) of
Poona, Indian saint of Persian
origin and gifted with psychic
powers of prediction, was
born. The mystical teachings
of this silent sage stressed
love, self-inquiry and God
consciousness.
25-February-1897
Dr. Amarnath Jha,
educationist, was born.
25-February-1897
A. Vedaratnam, freedom
fighter, nationalist and
leader, was born in an
orthodox Saiva Vellala
community.
25-February-1903
Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo,
chief Justice of Supreme Court
of India, was born.
25-February-1909
Gandhiji arrested at
Volksrust; sentenced to 3
months.
25-February-1910
Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk,
flees from Chinese troops and
takes refuge in India.
25-February-1920
Balraj Madhok was born.
25-February-1923
S. Kumaran, political, social
reformer and Trade Union
worker, was born in Alleppey,
Kerala.
25-February-1927
Balkrishna Buwa
Echalkaranjikar, father of
`Khyal Gayaki', passed away.
25-February-1938
Farokh Manekshaw Engineer,
great Indian cricket wicket-
keeper (1961-75), was born in
Bombay.
25-February-1962
India Congress Party wins
elections.
25-February-1963
Nehru refuses to recognize
China-Pakistan border pact in
New Delhi.
25-February-1968
Judge Mohammad
Hidayatullah became the
Chief Justice of India. He
held this office till
16/12/1970.
25-February-1970
Mannathu Padmanabhan,
great social worker and
president of the Tranvancore
Devasworn Board, passed
away.
25-February-1976
India announces plan to
penalize parents who have
more than two children.
25-February-1977
Second satellite Earth Station
established at Dehradun.
25-February-1982
J. K. Irani, cricket
wicketkeeper (2 Tests for
India 1947-48), passed away.
25-February-1987
The Railway Minister
announces introduction of 8
superfast trains from April 1.
25-February-1992
Beant Singh sworn in as CM of
Punjab.
25-February-1992
Railway budget proposes 20\
% hike in upper class
passenger fares.
25-February-1993
113 MPs arrested and Murali
Manohar Joshi injured in
police action.
25-February-1993
BJP rally in New Delhi foiled.
25-February-1993
Kranti Renadev, a naxalite
under trial in Andhra, freed.
25-February-1995
Bomb attack on a train in
Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
25-February-1998
Tendulkar's first first-class
204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
25-February-1999
The curtains came down on
the fifth National Games.
Manipur won the overall
championship while swimmers
Nisha Millet of Karnataka and
Sebastian Xavier of Kerala
were adjudged the best
sportswoman and sportsman
respectively.
25-February-2000
Justice M. Srinivasan (63),
Supreme Court Judge at the
Apollo Hospital, New Delhi,
died after prolonged illness.
25-February-2000
The Supreme Court stays the
Madras High Court order
discharging the former Chief
Minister and AIADMK
supremo, Ms. Jayalalitha, from
the two TANSI deal cases.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for February 26
26-February-320
Chandragupta I succeeded
his father Ghatotkacha at
Patliputra. He is known for
establishing the Gupta
dynasty. Gupta era begins.
26-February-1857
First Indian Revolution
called the Sepoy Mutiny
ends in a few months with
the fall of Delhi and Lucknow
which broke out in
Berhampore by the 19th
Bengal Infantry.
26-February-1858
Diwan Maniram and Piali
Barua were hanged.
(Grandson of Purandara
Simha, the last Ahom king of
Assam.)
26-February-1874
Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil
`Kalapi', famous Gujrati
poet, was born.
26-February-1887
Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an
eminent lawyer and political
leader, was born. He was the
first Indian President of UN
Security Council in 1950.
26-February-1901
The notes of Rs twenty
denomination were issued
with two issuing circles.
These notes had four
numeric denominations.
26-February-1915
Pran Nath Chhuttani, great
physician and teacher, was
born.
26-February-1936
Manmohan Desai, prominent
Hindi film-maker, was born.
26-February-1937
Manmohan Desai, film
producer and director, was
born.
26-February-1946
Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi
columnist, was born.
26-February-1966
34 national leaders charge
Indira Gandhi's rule is
'constitutional dictatorship'.
26-February-1966
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
""Veer"", great revolutionary
freedom fighter, social
reformer, politician and
writer, passed away at the
ripe old age of 83. He was
known for the first person to
flee by swimming from Port
Blair Jail and was associated
with right-wing Hindu
Mahasabha, started the
Abinav Bharat as a secret
society of revolutionary
terrorists. He was a great
Novelist and Poe
26-February-1971
Noel David, Hyderabad off-
spinner who played ODI in
1997, was born.
26-February-1972
President Varahgiri Venkat
Giri inaugurated the Vikram
Earth Satellite Station at
Wardha near Arvi.
26-February-1975
Bhanubhai Shah established
the first kite museum of
India called 'Shankar
Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
26-February-1976
V. S. Khandekar was
honoured by Bhartiya
Gyanpeeth Award for the
novel 'Yayati'.
26-February-1984
Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated
to the nation by Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi.
26-February-1996
Parliament's budget session
opens.
26-February-1996
Sahib Singh Verma sworn in
as Delhi's second CM.
26-February-1998
Kalyan Singh wins the
''composite floor test'' in the
Assembly, securing 225 votes
against the 196 got by
Jagadambika Pal.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for February 27
27-February-1803
Great fire in Bombay.
27-February-1854
Lord Dalhousie captured
Jhansi under the East India
Company.
27-February-1912
Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar
'Kusumagraj', great Marathi
poet, play-wright, novelist
and Bhartiya Gyanpeeth
Awardee, was born.
27-February-1912
Lawrence Durrell, Britsh
writer (Alexandria Quartet,
Private Country), was born in
Darjeeling, India. .
27-February-1931
Chandrashekhar Azad of
Hindustan Republican Army
shot himself to avoid British
police arrest at Alfred Park,
Allahabad.
27-February-1941
Paddy Ashton, first leader of
Britain's Social and Liberal
Democrat Party, was born in
New Delhi, India.
27-February-1956
G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker
of Lok Sabha, passed away.
27-February-1987
UN Secretary General Javier
Perez de Cuellar recieved the
Jawaharlal Nehru award for
International Understanding.
27-February-1990
Polls in Pondicherry and eight
states.
27-February-1992
Narasimha Rao elected
Congress (I) President in the
party poll held after a gap of
20 years.
27-February-1993
Rupee made fully convertible
in Man Mohan Singh's third
successive budget.
27-February-1993
Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura
CM, resigns.
27-February-1996
In the Jain hawala case, non
bailable warrants of arrest
issued against 10 politicians
including BJP leader L.K.
Advani, former Dy. PM Devi
Lal and former Union
Ministers.
27-February-1996
Manmohan Singh presents
the vote-on-account as part of
the interim budget in Lok
Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs.
5000 crore deficit.
27-February-1996
Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of
State for Railways, presents
vote-on-account railway
budget; 1995-96 Economic
Survey shows 6.3\% growth in
GDP; 20\% interim relief for
newspaper employees
announced by govt.
27-February-1997
CBI arrests godman
Chandraswami for alleged
offences in violation of
Foreign Contributions
(Regulation) Act, 1976.
27-February-1999
Union Budget presented.
Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per
cent.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for February 28
28-February-1568
Chittorgarh Fort was captured by
Mughal Emperor Akbar which was
circled from outside since 20th
October 1567. This victory was
achieved with the help of Jaimal
and Patta.
28-February-1580
The first visit of Jesuit Priest of
Goa in the Court of Emperor
Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri.
28-February-1712
Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at
the age of 72 in the war of
succession.
28-February-1835
Medical College was started in
Calcutta and it was officially
opened on Feb 20.
28-February-1859
Surbhi, farmer lady of Dholi
Bavli, Central India, who was
arrested for helping her son
Bheema Nayak in the freedom
movement and was jailed in
Mahamandaleshwar jail, passed
away.
28-February-1884
Veer Surendra Sai, freedom
fighter and revolutionary, passed
away.
28-February-1900
Kondedera Madappa Kariappa,
first General of independent
India, was born.
28-February-1918
Srinivas Ramanujan, famous
Indian scientist, was elected
Fellow of the Royal Society.
28-February-1919
Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge
to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt
Bills.
28-February-1919
Sunderlal Khurana, great
politician and journalist, was
born.
28-February-1927
Krishan Kant, vice President of
India and former Young Turk, was
born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district
Amritsar, Punjab.
28-February-1928
C. V. Raman invented 'Raman
Effect' of scattered light, which
led him in achieving the 'Nobel
Prize'.
28-February-1930
Sir Chandrasekhar V. Raman,
Scientist, 1930 Nobel Prize in
Physics for discovering ""Raman
Effect"". He is also the first
Indian to receive this honor in
Physics. (Indian Nobel Laureat
28-February-1930
Strike by workers of the Nizam
state railways over bonus.
28-February-1936
Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru, great
revolutionary freedom fighter and
social worker, passed away near
Lausanne in Switzerland.
28-February-1937
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
discovers the white dwarf
maximum mass limit.
28-February-1950
The Finance Minister announces
the setting up of the Planning
Commission with Nehru and
Nanda as Chairman and Deputy
Chairman respectively.
28-February-1951
Karsan Devji Ghavri, cricketer
(Indian lefty medium pacer early
80s), was born in Rajkot.
28-February-1963
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first
President of India, passed away
at Sadaqat Ashram, Patna.
28-February-1967
General Election ( 4th) of India
ends.
28-February-1968
International City Auroville
inaugurated the Aurobindo
Ashram in Pondechery.
28-February-1985
M.G. Katre became the director
of Central Bureau of Investigation
(till 31/10/89).
28-February-1987
The National Science Day was
celebrated for the first time at
the ICMR Headquarters and all
its Institutes/Centres in February
1987 through exhibitions,
lectures, demonstration
campaigns etc. (This has now
become an annual event).
28-February-1988
Jaydev, famous music director,
passed away.
28-February-1989
S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister,
presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit
budget for 1989-90.
28-February-1994
Budget with Tax Concessions of
Rs.40.81 billion and a deposit of
Rs.90.60 billion presented by Dr.
Manmohan Singh in Parliament.
28-February-1997
The samadhi of Morarji Desai -
Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati
Ashram, Ahmedabad to be
converted to a national
monument, this was decided on
Feburary 11.
28-February-1997
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
presents an action-packed
budget for 1997-98.
28-February-1998
The third and final phase of
polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha
constituencies in 10 States and
one Union Territory.
28-February-2000
The Supreme Court orders notice
to the former Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a
special leave petition filed by
the State Government against
the Madras High Court judgment
upholding the trial court's order
discharging her in the ''coal
import case.''

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 2
2-March-1568
Meerabai, saint poet,
passed away.
2-March-1913
Bhavaniprasad Mishra was
born.
2-March-1930
Gandhiji addresses letter
to Viceroy intimating his
intention to break Salt
Law if Congress demands
are not conceded.
2-March-1933
Anandji, famous music
director, was born.
2-March-1938
Chandrakumar Agarwala,
assamia poet, passed
away.
2-March-1949
Sarojini Naidu,
""Nightingale of India"",
freedom fighter, social
worker and patriot,
passed away when she
was the Governor of Uttar
Pradesh. She also holds a
place of pride among the
women freedom fighters
of India. She presided
over the Kanpur session
of Indian National
Congress. She took active
part in Salt Satyagraha
and represented Indian
women in Round Table
Conference, London, 1
2-March-1952
Sindri Fertilizer Factory,
Bihar, formally
inaugurated by Nehru. It
was the first Government
owned company.
2-March-1957
Central Warehouse
Corporation established.
2-March-1963
China reports troops have
left disputed area in
India.
2-March-1982
Indira Gandhi opened
Mahatma Gandhi Road
Bridge at Patna.
2-March-1984
Mother Teresa University
inaugurated by Mother
herself at Kodaikanal in
Tamil Nadu.
2-March-1986
Kashinath Ghanekar,
famous stage artist,
passed away.
2-March-1990
DMK Front to form
government in
Pondicherry and Congress
(I) in Maharashtra.
2-March-1994
Autonomous Hill Council
for Leh set up.
2-March-1994
President's rule in J & K
extended.
2-March-1996
Malabar University
(Kerala) comes into being.
2-March-1996
Tendulkar scores 137 for
India vs Sri Lanka in
Cricket World Cup, but
India still lose the match.
2-March-1997
Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi
Kumar develops India's
first indigenously made
HIV detection kit.
2-March-1997
Michel Camdessus,
Managing Director, IMF,
congratulates India on its
pursuit of steady and
higher economic growth.
2-March-2000
Om Prakash Chautala,
Indian National Lok Dal
supremo, sworn in the
18th Chief Minister of
Haryana.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

List of Birth Events on 1-
March-
1-March-1901
Vaidya Jogeshchandra
Banerjee was born.
1-March-1903
Pareshchandra
Bhattacharya, former
Gonerner of Indian Reserve
Bank, was born.
1-March-1905
Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire
was born.
1-March-1908
A.E.T. Barrow, educationist,
was born.
1-March-1916
Habib Rahman, great
Architect, was born at
Calcutta.
1-March-1917
Kartar Singh Duggal,
famous author, was born at
Dhamyal, Pakistan.
1-March-1924
Naresh Mehta was born.
1-March-1930
Coimbatarao Doraikannu
Gopinath, cricketer (batted
in 8 Tests for India in the
1950's), was born in
Madras.
1-March-1939
Satish Kumar Sareen was
born in Rawalpindi (now in
Pakistan). He became the
Air Chief Marshal.
1-March-1951
NitishKumar
RamLakhanSingh was born
in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna
(Bihar).
1-March-1968
Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer
(Indian pace bowler one
Test 1989), was born in

 

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Today in Indian History
Events for March 3
3-March-78
Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu
Calender started.
3-March-1575
A battle was fought at
Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in
the Balasore district) in
which the Afghans were
routed.
3-March-1700
Chhatrapati Rajaram
Maharaj died of small pox
at Raigarh or Sinhagarh
fort. (2 or 3).
3-March-1707
Shehejade Muajjam
declared himself as the
successor of Aurangzeb
and renamed himself
Bahadurshah First.
3-March-1839
Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata,
famous industrialist and
father of modern
technology, was born at
Navsari near Surat,
Gujarat. He started cotton
mills in Bombay and
Nagpur and founded the
Tata Iron and Steel
Company, which is one of
the largest integrated
steel mills in the world.
3-March-1847
Alexander Graham Bell,
great pioneer, inventor
and professor, was born at
Edinburgh, Scotland.
3-March-1859
A length of 119 miles of
line was laid in the North
from Allahabad to Kanpur.
3-March-1871
Congress changes Indian
tribes status from
independent to
dependent.
3-March-1885
Congress passes Indian
Appropriations Act
(Indians wards of fed govt)
.
3-March-1891
Office of Superintendent of
Immigration (Treasury
Dept) created.
3-March-1906
Krishnarao Shiva
Shelvankar, journalist and
diplomat, was born.
3-March-1906
Trailokyanath Goswami,
famous Hindi writer and
educationist, was born at
Nalbari, Assam .
3-March-1919
Hari Narayan Apte, famous
Marathi novelist, passed
away.
3-March-1921
Ahmed Gulsher, freedom
fighter and politician, was
born at Satna (M.P).
3-March-1924
Mustafa Kamal Attaturk
abolished the caliphate
and established a
nationalist government
and thus Khilafat
Movement ended without
achieving its aim.
3-March-1930
Untouchable people
fought to enter the temple
of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
3-March-1931
Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin
sign Delhi Pact giving
Indians right to make salt
if civil disobedience stops.
3-March-1934
Amarsingh Pandurang
Rane, educationist, was
born at Banage, Kolhapur.
3-March-1939
Gandhiji commences ""fast
unto death"" at Rajkot to
protest state's autocratic
rule at Bombay and to
secure ruler's adherence
of promise given towards
reform administration, and
ends it on March 7 on
Viceroy's intervent
3-March-1939
Motganhalli Laxmanarsu
Jaisi alais Jaisimha,
cricketer (Indian batsman
of the sixties), was born in
Secundrabad.
3-March-1943
Gandhi breaks his hunger
strike after 21 days.
3-March-1948
B. S. Munje, founder of
Bhosla Military School,
passed away.
3-March-1952
The Indian National
Congress secured absolute
majority in the Lok Sabha
in the General elections.
3-March-1967
India signed the
International Space Treaty
in Moscow.
3-March-1978
Origin of Saka Era (India).
3-March-1982
Firaq Gorakhpuri
""Raghupati Sahay"", great
writer, nationalist and who
revolutionised Urdu
poetry, d
3-March-1983
Seventh Non-Aligned
Summit started at New
Delhi.
3-March-1989
Gwal Pahari in Haryana
switched on the solar
energy centre of the first
pilot 50 kilowatt solar
power plant.
3-March-1990
JD-BJP coalition
government in Gujarat,
Chimanbhai Patel to
become CM; Sharad Pawar
in Maharashtra and
Bhairon Singh Shekhewat
of BJP to head the BJP-JD
coalition government in
Rajasthan.
3-March-1993
Sharad Pawar nominated
CM of Maharashtra.
3-March-1996
Haryana govt. bans liquor
vends and bars in rural
areas.
3-March-1997
Indian Socialist Party
headed by Arangil
Sridharan merges with Lok
Sakthi. It was floated by
Ramakrishna Hedge.
3-March-1997
Bill Gates, Microsoft
Chairman, arrives in New
Delhi.
3-March-1997
Senior Officials Meeting of
Indian Ocean Rim (IOR)
countries begins in
Mauritius.
3-March-1999
Four members of the
forward Bhumihar
community and alleged
members of the Ranbir
Sena are gunned down by
an armed squad of the
People's War Group in
Bhimpura village of
Jehanbad district in Bihar.
3-March-2000
Nitish Kumar, Samata Party
leader, sworn in Bihar
Chief Minister. Governor
V.C. Pande's decision
evokes widespread
criticism.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History
Events for March 4
4-March-1858
J. P. Walker, British
Officer, along with 200
prisoners who were
mainly from the Indian
Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from
Calcutta to start a new
settlement in the
Andaman Islands.
4-March-1879
Bethune' College of
Calcutta was established
as the pioneer of women
s college education in
India.
4-March-1895
Surendra Singh Majithia,
great industrialist, was
born.
4-March-1906
Hakim Abdul Majid
started his medial
dispensary under the
name of Hamdard
Dawakhana at Delhi.
4-March-1919
Jagtindar Nath Beri,
physics expert, was born.
4-March-1924
Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad'
wrote the song 'Jhanda
Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.
4-March-1925
Jyotirindranath Tagore,
great Bengali litterateur
and poet, passed away.
4-March-1927
Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was
born.
4-March-1939
Lala Har Dayal,
revolutionary, nationalist
and freedom fighter,
passed away at
Philadelphia.
4-March-1951
Eleven countries and 489
male and female athletes
participated in the first
Asian Games started at
National Stadium in New
Delhi.
4-March-1961
First Indian aircraft
carrier naval fighter
vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant''
was commissioned in
Belfast.
4-March-1990
Congress (I) gains
absolute majority in
Arunachal Pradesh;
Gegong Apang CM.
4-March-1990
Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and
D. Ramachandran (DMK)
named CM's of Madhya
Pradesh and Pondicherry
respectively.
4-March-1990
V. P. Singh resigns as
party president, but
asked to continue.
4-March-1991
Finance Minister
Yashwant Sinha presents
mid-term budget, cut in
food and fertiliser
subsidy, amounting to Rs.
934 crore, proposed.
4-March-1994
Lech Walesa, Polish
President, visit India.
4-March-1995
Kakrapar nuclear power
station's second unit
located near Surat
synchronised to the
western grid after
mandatory tests.
4-March-1996
India and EU agree on a
plan to boost trade ties.
4-March-1996
King of Bhutan arrives in
India for a three-day
state visit.
4-March-1996
Union govt. decides to set
up a national grid for the
distribution of petroleum
products.
4-March-1997
Govt. not to print Re. 1 ,
Rs. 2 & Rs. 5 currency
notes any more, as these
three denominations have
been coinised.
4-March-2000
Geeta Mukherjee (76),
veteran communist leader,
died of a massive heart
attack in New Delhi.
Popularly known as
'Geetadi', she won every
Lok Sabha election from
Panskura in West Bengal
since 1980.