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Historical Event on 4/6/1980
Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
| 1/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away. |
| 6/18/1979 | Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 2/14/1933 | W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born. |
| 3/12/1612 | Usman Khan Lohani, son of Isa Khan, was defeated in the battle of Nekujyal. He died as the last independent ruler of Bengal. |
| 3/1/1908 | A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born. |
| 12/14/1901 | Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder. |
| 4/18/1917 | Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act. |
| 12/13/1772 | Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara. |
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