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Historical Event on 6/4/1953
University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1970 | Bertrand Rusell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and chairmain of the Indian League, died at Merioneth, North Wales at the age of 98. |
| 6/13/1996 | Ramakrishna Hegde, JD leader and former Karnataka CM, expelled from the party for 6 years by JD president Laloo Prasad Yadav for anti-party activities. |
| 4/23/1987 | Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956. |
| 10/12/1907 | Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born. |
| 8/1/1905 | Horse drawn tram cars were closed down in Bombay. This service was started on May 9, 1874 with 20 tram cars and 200 horses. The very first day of its run, the number of passengers carried was 451 and the amount earned was Rs. 85/- on the last day it had 1360 horses and carried 71,947 passengers and earned Rs.4,260/. |
| 6/25/1931 | Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 10/3/1997 | Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'. |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 6/2/1986 | One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab. |
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