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Historical Event on 7/4/1900

Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
2/5/1949Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
8/1/1988Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1991.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.