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Historical Event on 4/2/1679

Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
3/19/1939Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959), was born in Hyderabad.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
12/15/1995Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP.
4/21/1997Inder Kumar Gujaral sworn as the 12th Prime Minister of India, along with old council of ministers in the H. D. Deve Gowda govt. minus Tamil Maanila Congress Minister and D. P. Yadav of Janata Dal.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
5/10/1927Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.